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”
Back Story
Do you have a love-hate relationship with prologues and flashbacks? Do you even know why? Click here to benefit from the Book Length Project Group’s therapy session on writing back story.
The End
Last month, the Book Length Project Group got deep and meaningful. How do we know when our manuscript is finished? Is finishing enough? Do I really need to publish my life story? How good was Emma’s rocky road? Find out the answers to a writer’s biggest questions here…
Raising the Stakes
This month, the Book Length Project Group ate chocolate biscuits and discussed raising the stakes. How do you create tension and anticipation? And who ate the last chocolate biscuit? Read on…
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.
Overcooking
The Book Length Project Group on how to avoid becoming overcooked and bland.
Deep Fiction
You know depth in writing is a good thing to have. But what is it, why is it important, and how do you make it happen? Here are some thoughts from the Book Length Project Group.
Karen Herbert 