Category Archives: Fiction Writing

All kinds of approaches to the making of written story and the authoring of novels

All the arts are not equal

February 16, 2010 – 8:30 pm

It might come as a surprise to some people but some decisions, even if they are good decisions that took a lot of careful examination and deliberation, need to be taken a number of times before they stick.
I just came to the decision (again) today that I will no longer pursue a career as a [...]

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How do I put a manuscript into order?

February 13, 2010 – 3:20 pm

This is kind of a before and after scenario. Before was the messy problematic writing me and after is the sorted out professionally productive writing me.
When I started writing I wrote in normal text files. I used Textwrangler because of the cool feature you have of having a list of open files in a sidebar. [...]

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Putting a manuscript in order

February 12, 2010 – 9:32 pm

A while ago I did a manuscript stocktake. Looking over all the novel attempts I have produced over the last two years.
What I have produced is not failed attempts at novels, but novels which are not finished yet. I have learned a huge amount about construction a better novel through every attempt. But I have [...]

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What does it take to get better at writing stuff

February 12, 2010 – 4:09 pm

As I see it there are three things that determine that and how you get better at writing stuff like books, stories, articles or even blog posts. These are frequency, quantity and quality. They work together so that if you work on one you tend to improve the other two by default. The only thing [...]

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Part of a writing journey

February 11, 2010 – 6:43 pm

Gerhi Janse van Vuuren lives in Stellenbosch with his family. At the end of 2007 he decided to pursue a career as a writer. Something he has always been putting of till later. He is currently working towards the completion of his first novel.
Starting out
When I was at Secondary School I received only one prize. [...]

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