Writing From Square One
Hello! Welcome to Writing From Square One: the podcast for those who want to write, but don't know where to start, with Sofia Marie and Georgia Cabelle. We talk all things that come before you get published - from finding your writing community, to motivation, holding yourself accountable and growing brave enough to share your work with others. Georgia is an historical fiction writer based in Perth, Western Australia, who recently completed her 140,000+ word first draft in 8 months. She is an Australian Writers Centre alumni and regularly attends writing groups, workshops and writing festivals. Sofia is the Coordinator of the KSP Writer's Centre in Perth Hills, where this podcast is recorded. She won NaNoWrimo in 2022, writing 50,000 words of her horror-themed novel in a single month; she is also starting her Masters in Creative Writing in 2023. This podcast is proudly supported by Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre. Find us on our Instagram profiles at @sofiamarie_writer and @georgiacabelle_author.
Writing From Square One
How We Write Our Novels
In the penultimate episode of Writing From Square One's first season, Georgia and Sofia talk about the process of writing: how they write their manuscripts, from plotting to character to research. They discuss the plotter vs the pantser, and how people can fluctuate between the two - like Sofia, who went from pantser to plotter to the hybrid plantser. Discovering what methods work best for you, whether it be letting your characters create themselves in a first draft, or writing out their entire life before you even start, is a big step towards writing your first novel.
Plus at the end of the episode the girls share some tips on what platforms they use to write - who prefers the classic, old-fashioned Microsoft Word, and who's embraced the more revolutionary Scrivener?
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KSP Writers Centre website: https://www.kspwriterscentre.com