On Beginning a Story
I have noticed that in stories I write, at the beginning, the protagonists are always running: Below the Floor (the fairytale book): A little fury kobold is running across the […]
Category Archives: on writing
Horror Films and Fantasy Children`s Books – How does that fit together?
Many of my friends give me strange looks when I tell them that I am into creating children`s books. Just in case you are new to this blog and are […]
Business Consultants crushed my Fairytale Book
Some weeks ago, I had some meetings with business consultants who I had asked to check my book project from a financial point of view (after having gotten valuable feedback […]
Overcoming Writer’s Block
A lot of times, I read about getting stuck during writing, or writer’s block. To be honest, this is something I rarely experience, because once I start writing a story […]
Lessons Learnt from Creating a First Children’s Book – III
As I am pushing forward with my children’s book project, I – in retrospect – keep making mistakes. Or putting it another way: Things I will do different next time. […]
Script Consulting Below the Floor
As a returning reader you might know that I am pretty far down the road with my first children’s book, Below the Floor. I have incorporated most of the feedback […]
Beta-Reading Below the Floor
I sent out my manuscript of the fairytale story Below the Floor to some of my friends and asked them to give me honest feedback. Apart from me trusting them, […]
Lessons Learned from Creating a First Children’s Book – II
Starting last week, I wrote down some things I have learned by creating my first fairytale children’s book called Below the Floor. If you missed the first part of the […]
Lessons Learned from Creating a First Children’s Book – I
The Creation of the fairytale book Below the Floor is going well and as I mentioned in my last blog post, it is time to recap some of the lessons […]
How To Get To A First Draft
Do you have a story in mind which one day you want to let grow into a script or manuscript, but you don’t know how to start? And you don’t […]
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