eemontgomery11Apr 42 minWritingCHARACTER ARCS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO MAP THEM TO A PLOT. PART 2.Milestones and impact A character’s personality can have a huge impact on they way they traverse their arc in a story, as much as the way...
eemontgomery11Feb 264 minWritingTHE EDITING PROCESS: PROOFREADINGFor me, the proofreading stage is the easiest and most enjoyable stage of editing a book. I love digging through the pile of words to...
eemontgomery11Jan 144 minWritingTHE COPY EDITING PROCESSWe’ve just completed a major structural edit and a continuity edit on a novel. By now, all the action and character development in your...
eemontgomery11Dec 31, 20224 minWritingWhat the new year holds: goals and resolutionsI always begin my new year with goals, not resolutions. New year’s resolutions can be a huge thing but I find they don’t work unless...
eemontgomery11Dec 17, 20223 minFamilyWRITING, FAMILY and FINDING JOYOne of the most important things in my life is my family. I see my family all the time and I love spending time with them but sometimes...
eemontgomery11Nov 19, 20222 minWritingStep-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 5: now you can edit, rewrite, writeWhat’s next in our journey to edit the structure of a novel? To recap: we’ve completed a scene map, mapped the scenes to the story...
eemontgomery11Nov 5, 20223 minWritingStep-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 4: personalise your structure, create an outlineWhat is it about your story that makes it stand out from others? Make this individuality shine through from the bones – the structure....
eemontgomery11Oct 22, 20223 minWritingStructural edit step-by-step guide. Step 3: mapping the scene map and structure to character arcsAt this point in the editing process, I thought I could start working on the MS again. I didn’t. I made myself pause and consider...
EE MontgomerySep 2, 20222 minWritingEditing - just do itI've been working on the third book on the Dragon Gods series. Opal Tears, and I'm currently deep in a major structural edit.
EE MontgomeryApr 1, 20221 minRecipesThe Best CheesecakeThe cheesecake slice I made for Christmas at the Bowerbird was so popular I made it for new year's as well.