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Gaia's Brood - Episode 24

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 Newtonians run shouting and screaming in all directions, their...

Fluid Scene Flows

If you are struggling with linking the scenes in your novel, here is an infographic I pulled together which I hope will help; https://i0.wp.com/njtravers.files....

Gaia's Brood - Episode 23

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 While still at Ashcroft Ascent we had prepared for our assault...

Gaia's Brood - Episode 22

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 Two days out form Newtonsteign, Scud wakes me with more bad ne...

Avoiding Plot Holes

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 sce...

Gaia's Brood - Episode 21

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 Ashcroft Ascent is one small island boasting many different bu...

Four Layers of Editing

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/4360118369e8a55d0ed2o.jpg?ssl=1&w=450 This is my editing process: 1. First draft: write or dictate a the...

Gaia's Brood - Episode 18

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 The Shonti Bloom looms directly below me, hovering in dock G14...

Gaia's Brood - Episode 17

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 With my mind churning, I flee through the narrow maze of shady...

Writing First Person Present Tense

https://i2.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/3139704763621757252001967134630n.jpg?ssl=1&w=450 Using first-person present-tense is intended to give yo...

Gaia's Brood - Episode 16

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 I snatch up the contents of the draw, slam it shut, and tear u...

Gaia's Brood - Episode 15

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 "Are you sure this is the place?" "Warehouse 19, south sid...

Overcomming a story blockage

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 th...

My obscure Steemit Library

https://i2.wp.com/nicktraverssteemitlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/cropped-mysteemitlibrary11.png?ssl=1&w=450 I don't know whether you find this, but o...

Gaia's Brood - Episode 14

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 Izzy scowls menacingly at me. "What journal?" she demands, aft...

Gaia's Brood - Epispode 13

https://i1.wp.com/njtravers.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/gaias-brood-gogs-dec-2014.png?ssl=1&w=450 "How about a warrant for your arrest?" Borker drawls like some...

He Returneth

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 t...

Reality is a Palimpsest – A 5 Minute Writing Challenge

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, ...

5 Minute Freewrites

You may have notices, I&8217;ve discovered a new addiction, I mean passion: the five-minute freewrite. The five-minute freewrite is exactly what I need to help ...

Vary your Sentence/Paragraph Openers

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 sent...