This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.By Anna Bell The downside to being a full time writer (if there is one) is that writing is now my work and therefore my business. I have to admit that it’s taken me about a year to adjust to treating it like I would a work project, … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – The Business Plan
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The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Ritually Writing
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.By Anna Bell I’ve always thought that I didn’t have any writing rituals, that I can write anywhere at anytime – just as long as I had something to type on. But recently we’ve had a lot of visitors and I’ve been quite … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Ritually Writing
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Beating the Hump
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.I think most authors have a word hump in their WIP that they dread. Mine is between twenty to thirty thousand words. No matter what book I’m working on my writing seems to stall and the self-doubt creeps in when I get to that … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – Beating the Hump
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Swim the Pool not the Man
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.By Anna Bell Years ago I heard the quote ‘Swim the pool not the man’ from a really cheesy children’s sporting drama, but it’s a quote that has stayed with me for life. A swimming coach was telling a teen olympic hopeful to … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Swim the Pool not the Man
The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Watch Your Characters
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.By Anna Bell A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the critique that changed my life, where the person critiquing disliked my characters due to certain actions and lines of dialogue. Just how careful do we have to be when writing a … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author – Watch Your Characters