Are your books character or plot driven? It’s question that Book Length Project Group members hear a lot at author talks. At our meeting in May, we challenged ourselves to describe the main character in our current projects: We started with our protagonist And then we asked how our protagonist’s unique character determines what happensContinue reading “Character vs Plot”
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The Book Length Project Group Rides Again
The long-running Book Length Project Group returns to Mattie Furphy House in 2025. Bring your ideas and your preferred writing tools and get ready to meet your fellow travellers on the long path to writing a book!
The Book Length Project Group Returns
The long-running Book Length Project Group is returning to Mattie Furphy House in 2025. Bring your ideas and your preferred writing tools and get ready to meet your fellow travellers on the long path to writing a book!
Understanding your readership
Last month, the Book Length Project Group welcomed new members for 2023 and inducted them into BLPG chocolate biscuit etiquette. We also started our year by asking the tricky question of who are our readers. Why should I know my readers? Why indeed? We’re not marketing people, we’re writers. And if we write directly toContinue reading “Understanding your readership”
Researching Your Novel
Stories that require detailed research – historical novels, say, or true crime – seem like too much hard work to me. Writing 80,000 words takes a long time. Why would a writer want to spend extra hours delving into a subject that is not readily accessible? As I discovered with my first novel, research isn’tContinue reading “Researching Your Novel”
I queer-coded my villain: confessions from the Book Length Project Group
To be clear, it was me that did it, not one of our lovely BLPG members, and it is mortifying. Here are the BLPG’s thoughts – aided by people who know better – about how to avoid coding and stereotyping your characters.
Karen Herbert 