by Michelle | Jan 30, 2020 | Blog, Screenwriting
I have been receiving questions about screenwriting of late and this is a quick post to list all the useful websites, software, and books I have discovered over the past few years. Software: Final Draft (the bees knees/industry standard): $250 (*student pricing...
by Michelle | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
N is for Narrative voice, POV, and Distance Narrative voice is the ‘voice’ of the narrator telling the story. They may be a character in your book, or an external ‘know-it-all god-like’ narrator, but whichever they are, it is their...
by Michelle | Jul 3, 2019 | Blog
I followed the example of a couple of editor friends today and put in an application to join Reedsy (and now have a pretty little profile/online resume detailing my life – so far – as an editor). I neglected to list all the books I’ve edited, which...
by Michelle | Jul 2, 2018 | Blog, Bullet Journalling
I thought I would open my bullet journal with my yearly goals, which are pretty much the same year on year (although the real reason for writing this post so soon after the first is because my publicize (auto-post connection with social media) hasn’t been...
by Michelle | Jul 2, 2018 | Blog, Bullet Journalling
My website ‘about me’ page introduces the fact that I am a writer (unpublished), editor, and reader. I am also a geek and love software, computers, and website design… oh, and gardening when I have the time. (You can’t beat the taste of...
by Michelle | Jun 28, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorised
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my editing business, more specifically about how far it’s come and how far I can take it. While it has certainly come a long way from the days of offering free edits in exchange for experience and...
by Michelle | Apr 18, 2018 | A to Z Blogging challenge, Blog
M is for Movement Today’s post is about movement, namely how a character might move through a scene (from one location to another), and how a scene might move to a new location within a chapter. It will also cover the montage technique, which is commonly used in...
by Michelle | Apr 16, 2018 | A to Z Blogging challenge, Blog
L is for Life experience (aka, how to tackle backstory) Every character – from those in the starring role(s) to the lowly alien with a brief appearance on page fifty-six of book three – has dreams and aspirations. As in real life, our life experience...
by Michelle | Apr 14, 2018 | A to Z Blogging challenge, Blog
K is for Knots, crinkles and plot holes I had to get a little creative choosing my subject for today, K is such a difficult letter to find a topic to write about, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at some of what I do as a developmental editor and offer...
by Michelle | Apr 13, 2018 | A to Z Blogging challenge, Blog
J is for Journals and notebooks Sometimes it is hard to find inspiration to write a story or know how to tackle a particular scene, which is where journals and notebooks come into play. Every writer should have (at least) one. It doesn’t need to be a paper...
