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Why I Started Not a Write Off
This is a place where I show up, natter about writing, and skim off thoughts whilst my hands are busy parenting.
Jul 6, 2023 • Abigail Mann
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How not to be a dick as a new author
Aug 13, 2024 • Abigail Mann
Not a Write Off vol: 8
Aug 7, 2024
Hello, from the other side of a finished book
Jul 10, 2024 • Abigail Mann
Three-minute writing challenge: Liminal spaces
Nov 29, 2023 • Abigail Mann

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Not a Write Off vol: 9
The one where I about to start a Big New Thing, a Fellowship, and the toddler calls me a 'silly sausage'
Sep 15, 2024
What do readers consider a perfect beginning?
Let's rake over how to craft beginnings in fiction. There are many ways to do it right, and some ways to do it wrong.
Aug 21, 2024 • Abigail Mann
💻 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: Nailing Beginnings and Endings
and an early bird discount for you so that September is the month you kickstart your writing
Aug 17, 2024 • Abigail Mann
How not to be a dick as a new author
and why it's good to remember that what goes around, comes around
Aug 13, 2024 • Abigail Mann
Not a Write Off vol: 8
The one where I am in novel limbo land, I stop calling the baby a baby, and get clobbered by a plastic bucket
Aug 7, 2024
Top shelf challenge entries in a library of: Zest
This writing helped me feel like summer is real and not an imagined memory from last year
Jul 24, 2024 • Abigail Mann
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Not A Write Off Volumes

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Not a Write Off vol: 9
The one where I about to start a Big New Thing, a Fellowship, and the toddler calls me a 'silly sausage'
Sep 15, 2024
Not a Write Off vol: 8
The one where I am in novel limbo land, I stop calling the baby a baby, and get clobbered by a plastic bucket
Aug 7, 2024
Not a Write Off vol: 7
The one where I am still editing my novel, I realise what I'm good at, and the baby starts to talk
Mar 12, 2024
Not a Write Off vol: 6
The one where we move back home, catch three viruses in three weeks, and I identify The Problem plaguing my novel
Jan 24, 2024

Fiction writing

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What do readers consider a perfect beginning?
Let's rake over how to craft beginnings in fiction. There are many ways to do it right, and some ways to do it wrong.
Aug 21, 2024 • Abigail Mann
💻 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: Nailing Beginnings and Endings
and an early bird discount for you so that September is the month you kickstart your writing
Aug 17, 2024 • Abigail Mann
46:21
🎥 REPLAY: How to Outline Your Novel
A mini-workshop on how to identify plot anchors, work on character to fill in the gaps, and the use of a grid template to fully outline your fiction…
Apr 16, 2024 • Abigail Mann
Three-minute writing challenge: Retreat
The last challenge before I take a two month hiatus. I supply the prompt. You supply the words: one sentence or paragraph. No overthinking. Wherever…
Mar 20, 2024 • Abigail Mann

Publishing industry

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How not to be a dick as a new author
and why it's good to remember that what goes around, comes around
Aug 13, 2024 • Abigail Mann
Hello, from the other side of a finished book
and what it feels like to always miss your deadlines
Jul 10, 2024 • Abigail Mann
22:55
📽 Your questions answered: CREATIVE CLOUDBUSTING (extended video response)
What if I have nothing on my writing CV? How do you figure out your genre? Is plotting comedy novels different? I gotcha'.
Feb 16, 2024 • Abigail Mann
The rise of book tropes: should authors be concerned?
Love them or hate them, the demand for tropes isn't going away, but should we embrace them as writers? Let's sort your enemies-to-lovers from your…
Jan 14, 2024 • Abigail Mann

Motherhood

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Not a Write Off vol: 8
The one where I am in novel limbo land, I stop calling the baby a baby, and get clobbered by a plastic bucket
Aug 7, 2024
Not a Write Off vol: 7
The one where I am still editing my novel, I realise what I'm good at, and the baby starts to talk
Mar 12, 2024
All the stupid things I nearly bought as a new mother
Just because you use the word 'invest' doesn't mean my kid will be any smarter
Feb 7, 2024 • Abigail Mann
Not a Write Off vol: 6
The one where we move back home, catch three viruses in three weeks, and I identify The Problem plaguing my novel
Jan 24, 2024
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