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Planning or Pantsing
I’m updating my website: a slow and laborious process, but I’m getting there. Looking at the ‘writing’ section makes me realise that my writing methods have changed. It’s… more →
the Well Read Rabbit || Katherine Battersby
Planning or Pantsing
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Katherine Battersby wrote 2 months ago: I’m updating my website: a slow and laborious process, but I’m getting there. Looking at … more →
Setting and the Tax Man
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Katherine Battersby wrote 4 months ago: I’m constantly amazed at how vividly a place can influence my writing. Its feel, its smell, th … more →
ADD in Writing
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Katherine Battersby wrote 6 months ago: I’m not talking about Attention Deficit Disorder (wouldn’t that be a curse for writers, … more →
Editing Bible
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Katherine Battersby wrote 7 months ago: There are many different stages of editing. With my mentorship novel, I (thankfully) have finished t … more →
Character Profiles
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Katherine Battersby wrote 8 months ago: I used to be one of those writers who groaned at such things. Looking back, I’m not really su … more →
Slave of the Subconscious
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Katherine Battersby wrote 8 months ago: The mind is a strange and wonderful thing. Many a writer has struggled with a significant plot poin … more →
The Wall
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Katherine Battersby wrote 8 months ago: Everyone hits it eventually. The dreaded wall. Luckily my wall seems to be made more of a kind of … more →
Editing Blues
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Katherine Battersby wrote 9 months ago: There’s no point in dancing around it – editing is hard work. And if right now you … more →
Illustration Friday
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Katherine Battersby wrote 10 months ago: Today I set myself a new illustration task: to create an image that could go at the beginning of the … more →
Illustration Wednesday
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Katherine Battersby wrote 10 months ago: More character experiments today. Am playing with the profile and accompanying expressions of a lea … more →
Illustration Monday
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Katherine Battersby wrote 10 months ago: I have recently been playing with possible illustration styles for the novel I’m currently dev … more →
Like Trying to Wash a Cat
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Katherine Battersby wrote 11 months ago: I read a great quote today about editing a novel, which said it can be like trying to wash a cat. I … more →
What Kind of Writer are You?
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Katherine Battersby wrote 11 months ago: Something that often comes up among writers is the question: ‘What kind of writer are you?’ I used … more →
The Quagmire of my Mind
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Katherine Battersby wrote 11 months ago: People often ask where my ideas come from. I can answer how to foster ideas. Simply writing helps … more →
Where to Begin?
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Katherine Battersby wrote 11 months ago: How often have you picked up a book, only to put it down again after reading a single page? Childre … more →
Unchain Your Characters
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Katherine Battersby wrote 11 months ago: As writers, we sometimes unconsciously impose things on our characters. This can begin before we ev … more →
New Year - New Blog
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Katherine Battersby wrote 12 months ago: This time last year I made some writing goals, then toasted in the new year with a feeling that it w … more →
