Hello Peoples! Dear Writer Girl is Late Writer Girl this week - apologies, life sometimes gets in the way! This week, people seem to be asking allll about the characterisation, so I have brought a few different letters together. As usual, if you'd like to ask a question, tweet @leoneross and hashtag #dearwritergirl or email me at fortheotherstuff@mac.com. If you'd like to remain anonymous, just say so.... It all ends September 30, which means we have about four episodes to go

Hello All! Until September 30th 2018, I offer 'Dear Writer Girl', a weekly blog series where I answer 'how to' questions about writing, from the public at large. Come back every Sunday to check out the latest 'letters'! Anyone can ask anything about writing fiction, but I don't take any responsibility for what happens after I answer. This is not magic. The views here are my own, based on thirty-plus years of facilitating other writers as a newsroom, magazine and anthology edi

Hello All! Writing is really very hard, and those who care about it, know that. Until September 30th 2018, I will be test-running 'Dear Writer Girl', a weekly blog series where I answer 'how to' questions about writing, from the public at large. Come back every Sunday to check out the latest 'letters'! Anyone can write in and ask anything about writing fiction, but I don't take any responsibility for what happens next: whether you get better or worse, whether you publish, whe