Cutover Writing

Category: Writing

  • Use Google Street View to bring fictional scenes vividly to life

    Sometimes, when you’re planning a scene in a piece of fiction, you feel that you really need to be where the action takes place, and see the scene as your character sees it.

  • How many words a day is the write amount?

    There’s a saying, attributed to more than one author, that you’ve got to write a million words before you’re ready for publication. If that’s true, and I’m inclined to believe it’s certainly part of the equation, then it’s proof – if any was needed – that writing is a long term goal.

  • Welcome to Cutover Writing

    Welcome to the first post of Cutover Writing, my blog about making the transition – or cutover – to writing. There’s nothing more exciting and full of possibility than starting the journey towards achieving a new objective.  It’s a time when the dreaming, planning and preparation ends and the first practical steps towards a goal…