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Follow along as I explore writing tips, techniques and methods..

Spreadsheets & Spaceships: On Worldbuilding, Templates and Starship Design

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Belinda CrawfordWriting process

Way back when, I used to play a story-based roleplay game set in the Star Trek universe. I never got into the nuts and bolts of Star Trek (I was just there for the writing), but I had time to […]

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An Idea Magpie: Belinda on the Inspiration Behind Cold Between Stars

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Belinda CrawfordUncategorised, Writing process

I’m an idea magpie, picking up bits of inspiration from everywhere (books, movies, songs, games, random conversations, etc), most of which find their way into my stories.  Cold Between Stars is no exception. Below are two of the books and […]

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Go Write That Good Book: Advice to new writers

August 12, 2019July 1, 2019 Belinda CrawfordWriting process
"Don't give up!!!" written in chalk on a blackboard.

Years ago, I came across a brilliant article by Jennifer Crusie. It was a writerly advice type article with a simple message, stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and write your book.  It’s excellent advice. Now, quit reading […]

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The Worldbuilding Leviathan goes Spanish!

July 18, 2016 Belinda CrawfordWriting process, World-building

I love how many people have discovered the Worldbuilding Leviathan and I’m always quite chuffed (and just a little bit amazed) whenever someone drops me a line to tell me how useful they’ve found the template. One such person was Juan de la […]

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Writing loglines

March 4, 2014 Belinda CrawfordWriting process

Right under ‘title’ on Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet, there’s a little box called ‘tag line’ (but should really be called ‘logline’), which, frankly, used to scare the whatsits out of me. What’s a logline? A logline is your short story, […]

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Phase drafting and writing faster

February 25, 2014 Belinda CrawfordWriting process

Writing faster than greased lightning is one of the holy grails of writing, or, at least, it is in my world. The thought of being able to whip out a decent first draft in under two months makes me giddy, let […]

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Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet and Scrivener

February 18, 2014 Belinda CrawfordWriting process

About the same time I revisted the BS2, Jami Gold posted an excellent article about using beat sheets with Scrivener. What I liked most about the article was the idea of using the target word count for individual chapters and […]

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Blake Synder's Beat Sheet, with template

January 27, 2014 Belinda CrawfordIn Review, Writing process

Best for those outling a new work. What’s awesome about it The word count for each beat What’s not-so-awesome It’s daunting, especially when your manuscript is half-written No capacity to outline subplots The awesome When I first came across Blake […]

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A world-building template for when you're on the go

September 21, 2013 Belinda CrawfordWriting process

Patricia C. Wrede’s Fantasy World-building questions are great, and the World-building Leviathan is equally awesome, but there are times when they just don’t hit the spot. Like, when you’re halfway (or more) into your novel and you need to sort […]

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First Draft in 30 Days – The Wiesner method

August 24, 2013October 11, 2017 Belinda CrawfordIn Review, Writing process

When a book has a title like First Draft in 30 Days, it can be hard to pass up. If it’s sitting on the shelf at your local library, passing it up is practically impossible, which is why I picked […]

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