Writing? Don’t talk to me about writing.

Posted on by susanjeaton

I’ve been struggling with the opening of my WIP. I am totally committed to the story but can’t get the opening chapter right.

Then …

…I opened FB this morning and was confronted by Freytag’s Pyramid. If there is a god of sci-fi writers she was obviously listening to me.

I was so busy trying to think of a good hook I forgot the basics. Get the set piece right as the rugby coaches say. So today’s task is to start again, write an exposition and see how it all fits together.

I might be some time.

In the mean time you can read my latest book, The Ceres Illusion, ready for pre-order, out on October 25th.

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I am enjoying my retirement by writing. My favourite genres are science fiction and horror and I have have had some success with my short stories. I began reading Ray Bradbury while still at school and became besotted with Dr Who from the first moment I watched the programme back in November 1963. Each incarnation is my favourite until the next one but I have to admit to preferring Matt Smith's version to any other. My specialist subject on Mastermind would most likely be 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'.

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