Archive - Not a Write Off

Not a Write Off vol: 9

The one where I about to start a Big New Thing, a Fellowship, and the toddler calls me a 'silly sausage'

Sep 15

August 2024

What do readers consider a perfect beginning?

Let's rake over how to craft beginnings in fiction. There are many ways to do it right, and some ways to do it wrong.

Aug 21 •

💻 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: Nailing Beginnings and Endings

and an early bird discount for you so that September is the month you kickstart your writing

Aug 17 •

How not to be a dick as a new author

and why it's good to remember that what goes around, comes around

Aug 13 •

Not a Write Off vol: 8

The one where I am in novel limbo land, I stop calling the baby a baby, and get clobbered by a plastic bucket

Aug 7

July 2024

Top shelf challenge entries in a library of: Zest

This writing helped me feel like summer is real and not an imagined memory from last year

Jul 24 •

Three-minute writing challenge: Zest

If you stopped scrolling through Notes or your Instagram feed to read this, stay, for a little while longer. Writers who have spent this small amount of…

Jul 17 •

Hello, from the other side of a finished book

and what it feels like to always miss your deadlines

Jul 10 •

April 2024

🎥 REPLAY: How to Outline Your Novel

A mini-workshop on how to identify plot anchors, work on character to fill in the gaps, and the use of a grid template to fully outline your fiction…

Apr 16 •

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💻 WORKSHOP: How to Outline Your Novel

This is your invitation to join me for a one hour workshop and Q&A on the most voted for topic: how to outline your novel

Apr 10 •

Top shelf challenge entries in a library of: Retreat

We're taking the prompt and exploring it from every angle. Here are this month's challenge winners.

Apr 3 •

March 2024

Three-minute writing challenge: Retreat

The last challenge before I take a two month hiatus. I supply the prompt. You supply the words: one sentence or paragraph. No overthinking. Wherever…

Mar 20 •

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