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Diary of a pocket novel – the end of Act 1

6 Sep 2019 Diane WordsworthLeave a comment

Thanks to my Monday afternoon writers' group I'm being forced to work on the pocket novel. We're supposed to bring something new to every session, either something we're working on or something set to a theme. As I'm working on so many different projects, I decided to use this as an excuse to crack on… Continue reading Diary of a pocket novel – the end of Act 1

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Wednesday 17 July 2019

17 Jul 201917 Jul 2019 Diane Wordsworth4 Comments

It was so hot here yesterday I ended up stripping down to just a nightie and flip flops to sit and work in. That felt both refreshing and quite liberating. I'm not complaining. The last house was the coldest house in the world and cost us a fortune to heat. At least that's one thing… Continue reading Wednesday 17 July 2019

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Diary of a Novel: 2 April 2019

2 Apr 201928 May 2019 Diane Wordsworth2 Comments

Having abandoned – temporarily – Catch the Rainbow, yesterday I started work on The Beast Within: a Marcie Craig mystery. Marcie Craig is the main protagonist and amateur sleuth in my first novel Night Crawler. Whereas that novel was set in a pub where she works as a rock DJ, this story is set in… Continue reading Diary of a Novel: 2 April 2019

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Getting out of the doldrums

15 Feb 2019 Diane Wordsworth2 Comments

I was feeling a tad overwhelmed this time last week when I posted about the various piles of work I had. But sorting them out and discussing it with the poet really helped. The first thing I did was finish the big proofreading job that was already in. That was completed yesterday and I nipped… Continue reading Getting out of the doldrums

52 books in 52 weeks

52 books in 52 weeks: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

15 Jan 201915 Jan 2019 Diane Wordsworth2 Comments

I set myself the goal of reading and reviewing 52 writing guides over the year. Here is book 44. Save the Cat! has been the last book on screenwriting that screenwriters will ever need since 2005, and then there was another, and another ... until there were five books using this tried and tested method… Continue reading 52 books in 52 weeks: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

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