by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, develop your story idea, editing, Fiction, Outlining Your Novel, Plot and Story Structure, Season 1: Story Structure, WriterADHay TV, Writing
Are you struggling to decide whether you should plot or pants your novel? If you’ve been a writer for longer than a quick minute, then you already know the debate between plotting vs pantsing is fierce. Before you decide whether to plot or pants your novel, you need to consider how you learn. It’s important to understand why these options for work for some writers and not others. If you’ve ever wondered, how to decide whether to plot or pants your novel, then this is for you.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, habits, Writing
Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in my productivity as a writer since I returned from my wedding in Australia. I’m becoming less and less productive. The reason for the decline in my productivity is simple. I’ve dropped a few great habits that served me well in the first half of the year.For the sake of productivity and developing great habits, today I’m going to share with you my writing goals for October.
by Amelia D. Hay | Fiction, habits, Mindset, Revision, Writing
Have you ever wonder how to some authors seem to have a knack for writing multiple novels at once? Well, I have a confession to make. I am one of those crazy writers. It’s not uncommon for me to have multiple projects on the go. In this blog post, I’m going to share with you my successes and failures, and I manage writing multiple novels at once.
by Amelia D. Hay | Coaching, develop your story idea, Fiction, habits, Outlining Your Novel, Writing
Should you write a novel in 30 days? Or, in my case three days of outlining and eighteen days of writing. This week I performed the first ever read through of my prequel novel. And, let’s say there are some great scenes in the story and some not so great scenes. Unfortunately, there is a lot of the not-so-great variety.
by Amelia D. Hay | Coaching, Fiction, habits, non-fiction, Writing
So, you have a great idea for a novel but you’re struggling to find time to write. You have Work, children, family things, social commitments all vying for your attention but, you still haven’t found the time to write that novel. Months have rolled by and you haven’t started working on your story idea. Have you ever wondered how other writers and authors find time to write?
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, develop your story idea, Fiction, Outlining Your Novel, Season 1: Story Structure, WriterADHay TV, Writing
So, you’ve recently discovered that your story is lacking conflict. And now you’re wondering: how can I create conflict in a story? And, where can you add more conflict into your story?
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, develop your story idea, Fiction, Outlining Your Novel, Season 1: Story Structure, WriterADHay TV, Writing
You’ve fleshed out your story idea and you’ve suddenly realised that your story is lacking conflict. Don’t worry this is normal. Right now, you’re probably asking yourself two questions. What are the 5 types of story conflict? And, how do you add more conflict in a story?
by Amelia D. Hay | business, habits, tools, Writing
Are you struggling to keep on top of your to-do list or even just, to get things done? Or, are you looking for productivity apps for writers? Perhaps it’s just old age talking, but every year we attempt to fit more things into our lives. We try to have it all, and as a result, we turn to the latest trends in productivity to help us achieve our goals. Sound familiar? If you’re trying to get more done in the same amount of time, then you’ve probably tried many different products with not much success. So, before you buy or download another product, I want to share with you, my top four productivity apps for writers.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, develop your story idea, Fiction, Season 1: Story Structure, WriterADHay TV, Writing
So, you’ve created an idea for your story that you can’t wait to write. But, you’re feeling stuck and don’t know how to flesh out a story idea. It’s at this point that you start to realise that writing a novel is a much harder task then you first imagined. This realisation is perfectly normal. It’s the result of focusing on a grand goal instead of the next step along the path. And, this is exactly what you need to do when you flesh out a story idea. You need to focus on the next step, not writing the first chapter of your book or even creating an outline for your novel. Before you start planning or writing by the seat of your pants, you need to flesh out your story idea into a synopsis.
by Amelia D. Hay | Author Platform, Fiction, Marketing, Mindset, non-fiction, Self-Publishing, Writing
So, you’ve been clicking refresh on your book sales report page, as the minute’s tick by a simple account practice has become a form of torture. When you imaged the launch of your first book, you didn’t imagine struggling to make sales. You imagined the opposite scenario. If this is something you can relate too then, I have an important question for you. Are you setting the right book marketing goal as a new author?
