Tag Archives: first draft

More than a pause…

Posted on June 23, 2017 by hcannam

Things don’t always go according to plan. There must be a good many people who’ve thought that over the past year—David Cameron and Theresa May among them. But it’s not just out in the wide world that life can scatter … Continue reading →

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Ruthless Revision

Posted on July 29, 2015 by hcannam

I should have known it was mistake. Being married to a man with an aversion to history, and no historical sense at all, is not perhaps ideal for a writer of historical novels. What’s more, I never, ever, let anyone … Continue reading →

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Taming the ‘wild child’

Posted on May 19, 2015 by hcannam

Bestselling author Wendy Robertson calls it the ‘wild child’. A good name, I think, for the impulse a writer draws on for the first draft of a new novel. Wendy herself does her first drafts in longhand, with pen and … Continue reading →

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Disciplined writing

Posted on February 10, 2015 by hcannam

There’s one thing I’ve known almost as long as I’ve been a writer: you must make time for writing. I guess every writer has experienced that moment when someone met by chance, learning what you do, says ‘I could write … Continue reading →

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