Writing advice
Notes for your next draft.
A place to pause, look again at your manuscript and think about what it needs next.
A little perspective
on the work.
Thoughts on fiction, revision and the editorial process, drawn from my work with authors.
Start with the question closest to your manuscript. You don’t have to tackle everything at once.
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A Tale of Two Seasons
Read the article: A Tale of Two SeasonsFrom a leaking wetsuit to an autumn pool cover, Shelley Routledge explores how character and experience shape setting and perspective in fiction.
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Cinzano Sky
Read the article: Cinzano SkyA fast-changing Normandy sky, a commitment to an evening Sancerre, and what a sunset can teach us about atmosphere on the page.
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Hello, autumn: a fresh start for my website
Read the article: Hello, autumn: a fresh start for my websiteA busy summer, a few new goals and the brave decision to rebuild my own website. There was rather more involved than tidying a drawer.
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How to prepare your literary agent submission
Read the article: How to prepare your literary agent submissionAdvice on introducing your manuscript to agents through your query, synopsis and opening pages.
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Writing children’s fiction: start with your reader
Read the article: Writing children’s fiction: start with your readerA look at writing for younger readers and the choices that shape a children’s story.
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Writing women’s fiction: character, change and consequence
Read the article: Writing women’s fiction: character, change and consequenceAn introduction to the genre, with ideas for developing the characters and experiences at its heart.
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Writing your first romance novel
Read the article: Writing your first romance novelThoughts on romantic tension, character and the expectations readers bring to a love story.
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Editorial vision: seeing the whole novel
Read the article: Editorial vision: seeing the whole novelHow an editor reads a novel, follows its characters and considers the story as a whole.
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