On Writing – Felicity Moore

What I learned from a two-day creative writing course

Felicity — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 03:28:14 +0000

Enrolling in a two-day creative writing course helped me get my mojo back and connected me with like-minded people travelling similar journeys to mine. Here's what happened.

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Furious Fiction: May writing challenge

Felicity — Mon, 07 May 2018 01:17:52 +0000

The first Friday of every month is Furious Fiction Friday! This is a 500-word writing-prompt challenge with a prize of $500. Today’s blog post is a little different. Rather than post MY entry to the competition, I’m posting my husband’s entry! The competition is hosted by the Australian Writers’ Centre and they provide a prompt and a deadline. This month’s prompt … Read More

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Freelance tips: How to conduct an interview

Felicity — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 21:00:49 +0000

A good interview can turn your piece into an outstanding article and a bad interview can turn the writing process into a grind as you desperately try to introduce punchy facts that don’t come from the horse’s mouth. Here are some tips to help you improve your interview skills and create better articles. For freelance writers or content creators, being … Read More

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Books are better as TV shows than movies – here’s 5 reasons why

Felicity — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 06:50:20 +0000

I’m loving Big Little Lies on iTunes/HBO and I really loved the book. Don’t you love it when the movie or TV show actually lives up to your expectation? This got me to thinking about the successes (and failures) of turning books into visual works, whether that is TV or movie. In my view TV shows are proving to be … Read More

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How to get back into a writing routine after a long break

Felicity — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 23:33:05 +0000

Lost your writing mojo? Been away from the keyboard too long? Here are a few tips that might help you get back into the groove.

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Reasons or excuses? 5 things I learned while writing #NaNoWriMo and an easy way to tell the difference

Felicity — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 20:00:29 +0000

Are your reasons for not getting around to writing that book real reasons or are they excuses? Here are five things I learned about reasons and excuses after writing 35,000 words of my novel. (And a quick way to tell the difference!) It’s November 20 and there are just 10 days to go in #NaNoWriMo. My word count is 35,000 … Read More

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Writing to win and other #NaNoWriMo themes

Felicity — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 11:11:57 +0000

Did you know the correct language when discussing a successful outcome in November’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is not: “I completed NaNoWriMo” or “I finished NaNoWriMo” but actually, “I won NaNoWriMo”. November 5 Word count: 4,400. This is my first real attempt at NaNoWriMo. I signed up in 2011 and wrote 11,000 words before falling by the roadside of … Read More

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How blogging helps you find your “voice”

Felicity — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:00:13 +0000

If you're an aspiring novelist, should you be wasting your creativity and "wordsmithing" on blogging? Are you blowing your precious time resources and more than that, your precious creativity, to build a blog audience?

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Welcome! Day 1, Post 1, (Blog #5)

Felicity — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 01:45:36 +0000

Hello and welcome! This is a website dedicated to novel writing and all things that support the continued writing of novels, such as successful marketing of novels, successful plotting of novels, successful editing of novels, successful design of cover art for novels, successful… well, you get the picture. It’s no accident that I launched my blog on 1 November – … Read More

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