The REAL secret to writing a novel . . .
If you’ve made it this far, you may be thinking: “But that sounds like a whole lot of work. I just wanted to wave a magic wand and all my […]
How not to write a novel (while tricking yourself into writing a novel)
Hey, wouldn’t it be great if you could, like, do 90% of the novel-writing work without having to sit down and literally write? Well, what if we told you <clickbait […]
How to haul yourself out of a writing slump-a-dump
My dudes. We’ve literally written two whole courses (14 Days to a Solid Writing Habit and Couch to 5K Words) about kicking procrastination and writer’s block in the nuts and creating a […]
How to make your novel not totally boring as shite
A very common but slightly vague novel troubleshooting issue we hear a lot at WHQ is a general feeling of ‘meh’ – a nondescript ‘wrongness’ about your book that you […]
Look at your story in a different way
Alrighty, troubleshooters. We’ve been doing some pretty in-depth work the last few lessons and you probably need a bit of a breather. The same goes for writing a novel. Sometimes […]
Character = plot = character
Re-plotting and re-structuring your story can help to resolve a myriad of novel troubleshooting issues, but when it comes down to it, the most important ingredient in any story is […]
Re-plot the sucker
You may have discovered that the book you’re writing is turning out to be rather different to your original plan. Sometimes it’s subtle. Sometimes it’s drastic. Sometimes you didn’t even […]
Endings
The end. Or is it? By the time you get to those two magical little words you’d hope that all your problems would be over, but sometimes the ending is […]
Middles
And so we come to the middle. The squishy bit that contains all your vital organs. Some of us want it to be sculpted with rock-hard abs. Some of us […]
Beginnings
Hahaaaaaa <gross sobbing> But seriously. There are no rules. Rules are for losers. And novels are tricky little beasties. Every inch of ’em. Which is why the next three lessons […]
