Writing coach Katherine Collette shares her expert advice to help writers level up their writing and mindset, including insights on the phases of getting published, thoughts on writing courses, writing groups and getting that first draft done, building a profile without social media, unique pitching strategies, and actionable tips to increase publication success.
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Writing coach Katherine Collette shares her expert advice to help writers level up their writing and mindset, including insights on the phases of getting published, thoughts on writing courses, writing groups and getting that first draft done, building a profile without social media, unique pitching strategies, and actionable tips to increase publication success.
Writing coach Katherine Collette shares her expert advice to help writers level up their writing and mindset, including insights on the phases of getting published, thoughts on writing courses, writing groups and getting that first draft done, building a profile without social media, unique pitching strategies, and actionable tips to increase publication success.
Anita Heiss talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel Dirrayawadha. Writing topics include inspiration, research, novel planning, character profiles, structure, sensitivity reads, editing, authenticity and how to balance fact and fiction in historical novels.
Jock Serong talks about the writing craft and process behind his novel Cherrywood. Writing topics include inspiration, first drafts, novel structure, breaking the ‘show don’t tell’ rule, omnipresent POV, writing place as character, dialogue and editing.
Donna M Cameron talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel The Rewilding. Writing topics include inspiration, trusting your gut, point of view, tense, increasing the stakes, beta readers, voice, editing and dialogue.
Terri Green talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel An Unsuitable Pursuit. Writing topics include research, interiority, voice, humour, series writing and self-publishing.
Petronella McGovern talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel The Last Trace. Writing topics include inciting incidents, setting, research, editing, character development, narrative tension and foreshadowing.
Michael Brissenden talks about the writing craft and process behind his novel Smoke. Writing topics include research, inspiration, pacing, dialogue and crime fiction conventions.
BM Carroll talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel One of Us is Missing. Writing topics include pacing, managing multiple points of view, techniques and tips for writing crime fiction, structure, voice and description. (Note: Spoiler alert)
Charlotte Wood talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel Stone Yard Devotional. Writing topics include creative process and inspiration, first drafts, novel structure, writing in fragments, point of view, narrative momentum, voice, description and writing at sentence level.
Hannah Richell talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel The Search Party. Writing topics include structure, point of view, character development, dual timelines, backstory, reveals, editing, and writer’s retreats.
Suzanne Leal talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel The Watchful Wife. Writing topics include rhythm and pacing, internal and external dialogue, theme, plotting versus pantsing, first drafts and editing.
Laurie Steed talks about his writing craft and process for his short story collection Greater City Shadows.
Writing topics include point of view, character development, dialogue, specificity, structure and editing.
Joanna Nell talks about her writing craft and process across all of her novels.
Writing topics include voice, character development, dialogue, backstory, opening lines, outlining, structure and editing.
Jo Riccioni talks about the writing process for her fantasy novels The Branded and The Rising.
Writing topics include inspiration, character development, dialogue, world-building, switching genres and carving out space for your writing.
Sally Hepworth talks about the writing process for her novel Darling Girls.
Writing topics include inspiration, research, character development, description, typical writing schedule, editing, backstory, pacing, seeding in twists and balancing darker themes with humour.
Kate Mildenhall talks about the writing process for her novel The Hummingbird Effect.
Writing topics structure, voice, setting, editing, sentence work, inspiration, multiple timelines, journalling and the power of prompts.
Allison Tait talks about the writing process for her middle-grade novel The First Summer of Callie McGee.
Writing topics openings, character arcs, pacing, plotting and tips for middle-grade novel writers.
Victoria Purman talks about the writing process for her novel A Woman’s Work, an historical novel set in Melbourne in 1956. Writing topics include inspiration, saggy middles, first lines, backstory, editing and overcoming self-doubt.
Rae Cairns talks about the writing process for her novel Dying To Know, a crime thriller. Writing topics include theme, research, prologues, crime thriller genre conventions, novel openings, chapter endings, pacing and editing.
Writing coach Katherine Collette shares her expert advice to help writers level up their writing and mindset, including insights on the phases of getting published, thoughts on writing courses, writing groups and getting that first draft done, building a profile without social media, unique pitching strategies, and actionable tips to increase publication success.
