For someone who is a writer, I've done very little of it lately. This is because I've been spending the last few months editing and proofreading the four books that make up my YA supernatural series. As a result, I've become pretty apt at revising drafts, or at least I've learned enough about proofreading to …
Everyone knows that in order to write you need to sit down and add to your word count day after day. There’s an art to it, but did you know there’s also an art to not writing. Not writing also requires you to turn up at your desk with the intention of working on your …
One of the many perks of being a fictional writer is writing what you want, when you want. When you don’t have a publishing contract (yet), or anyone waiting to read your book, there are no expectations. This gives you the means to go at your own pace and take as long as you like …
Whipping a book into shape takes time and effort. Growing something from an idea into a fully fledged story with characters and events will require stamina and lots of rewriting. One way to make that process easier is to implement a great drafting system, one where the first three drafts will provide you with what …
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K.M. Allan 