STAYING MOTIVATED
HOW TO STAY MOTIVATED – TIPS AND TRICKS (part 1) If you’ve started your novel, then you are an author! Maybe not published but still YOU ARE AN AUTHOR. It’s hard to start writing, to think up a plot, characters, to start writing. So pat yourself on the back….you’ve made a start and that’s the…
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?
I am often inspired by the simplicity of Neil Gaiman’s commencement speech of 2012. His message is this: Make Good Art Whenever I get stuck, and I get stuck often, I remember that maxim. Make Good Art. When I think about the quagmire that is ethics in fiction writing, I ask myself why can’t we…
Heart of the Grass Tree
Author: Molly Murn Genre: Literary Fiction Length of novel: 80,000 words This is a braided novel with three separate but interwoven storylines that converge at the climax of the book. Each line has its own story building elements: Inciting incident: 1st strand: Fifteen-year-old, pregnant Nell is sent away from Kangaroo Island to give birth.…
Mockingbird Writers 