10 Tips to become a better writer

As a writer, there is a near unlimited amount of books on writing itself. I’ve recently read two books: Donald Maass –‘Writing 21st century fiction’ Maria Genova –‘Hoe schrijf je een bestseller’(How to write a bestseller). Fascinating to read that a lot of their tips are overlapping. Sure as hell that the majority of the…

Onward to a new book

Writing means for me, putting all those available words in the correct sequence. Like string beads on a thread. But is that what it really is, just words? No, not at all. Especially now that I’m reading and learning from ‘Writing 21st Century Fiction’ by Donald Maass. Writing a good book is more than the…

My first larger book is written!

Yes, it is a fact. I finished today the writing of my book. Well, it is actually a novella. As per the definition that a novel/book has more than 40K words. Currently, the counter is at roughly 28K. Onward with the editing. Lots of things will pop up while doing that. Of course multiple spelling…

It’s becoming something

I’m nearing the end of the novella that I’m writing. The book is about a team of people that will go to Mars without a return ticket. A one way towards the red planet. What will the team find and what will they run into. Up until now, I have not found it complex to…

Vrijthof

Sometimes I sit at a location and just want to write something smallish about it. This one came up in my mind when attending an event in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The marching band comes. They play the Dutch national anthem. It is the start of a concert of AndrĂ© Rieu in his hometown Maastricht. People…