Newtonians run shouting and screaming in all directions, their over---reaction bordering on the paranoid. I'm not the only one who notices their odd behaviour. "For goodness sake, what's wrong with

If you are struggling with linking the scenes in your novel, here is an infographic I pulled together which I hope will help; Hope this helps, Nick

While still at Ashcroft Ascent we had prepared for our assault on Newtonsteign. So when the first gleaming white airship of the Newtonsteign patrol hauls alongside, we are able to slip on our long, cheap,

Two days out form Newtonsteign, Scud wakes me with more bad news. "We got company again, Nina. Two more Beat ships patrolling across out flight path." I can't believe our bad luck. Either they

One useful technique I have started using recently is a spreadsheet which briefly lists each scene. I then track where all the main characters are while the scene is being enacted. This prevents characters

Ashcroft Ascent is one small island boasting many different building styles, stacked one on top of another; skyscrapers housing multiple floored hydroponic fields peek through the clutter of older style

This is my editing process: First draft: write or dictate a the basic scene/chapter/story. I often use a voice to text software while doing domestic chores or dictate into my mobile while out walking and

The Shonti Bloom looms directly below me, hovering in dock G14, like a dirty rugby ball . Fear grabs me as I plummet over the side of the platform. The wind whistles past my ears and my hair streams out

With my mind churning, I flee through the narrow maze of shady alleys; stumble down steps, trip on uneven paving boards, dodge lines of washing stretching between the shabby tenements of the underdeck;

Using first-person present-tense is intended to give your reader the immediacy of the moment, but to be convincing the writer needs firm control of the narrative and to be scrupulously consistent with

I snatch up the contents of the draw, slam it shut, and tear up the stairs after my crew. Heart pounding like a bio engine, I dive behind the machine crates as the warehouse doors swing wide. I struggle

"Are you sure this is the place?" "Warehouse 19, south side, deck 15," Scud mumbles, "Look, Nina, there's even that cross-shaped burn mark on the door-post." Trent had blanched when he saw that sketch

What you need to do, is take a serious look at your story structure and decide how the story evolves and where it ends. Your story should look something like this: (Diagram by Christiana Wodtke (The Shape

I don't know whether you find this, but one of the annoying things about Steemit is that although posts are forever recorded on the blockchain, they do tend to disappear into obscurity rather rapidly -

Izzy scowls menacingly at me. "What journal?" she demands, after I've related my tale and showed them the torn page from the arrivals book. I retrieve the sinister brown-paper package I received

"How about a warrant for your arrest?" Borker drawls like some cheesy detective in a cheap comic book. I'm already furious with him over the warrant and this does nothing to improve my mood.

I have been abscent from Steemit for a few months because the auto scheduler I was using, to post chapters of mey novel and posts, became first unreliable and then unavailable. Without an autoschedular

Reality is a palimpsest Reality is a palimpsest. I could just leave it there and let you ponder that inspiring statement, but this is a five minute free write, so I must go on and explain what I mean.

You may have notices, I’ve discovered a new addiction, I mean passion: the five-minute freewrite. The five-minute freewrite is exactly what I need to help me develop my storytelling muscles/technique.

Do you ever find that the majority of your sentences/paragraphs start with He/She, I, We, They etc? If you are writing fiction, you will need to mix up the sentences a bit or risk your readers becoming