Books and Beyond
Greta van der Rol talks books, spills thoughts on writing, and occasionally sidetracks into the world through her camera lens. Expect stories, reviews, and the odd photo – sometimes all 3 at once.
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Writing a Novel Is Like Taking a Walk in the Forest
Writers are often divided into two groups. Plotters plan everything before they begin. Pantsers start writing and discover the story along the way.
I’m a pantser.
That doesn’t mean I sit down in front of a blank screen, type “Chapter One”...
Books In Your Pocket: Less Searching, More Reading
There are thousands of books competing for attention, endless lists to scroll through and reviews that may or may not be useful. By the time you have compared covers, blurbs, star ratings and wildly conflicting opinions, you could have read...
What should you ask a character before writing a word?
Some writers create detailed character profiles before beginning a book. They know where the character went to school, what she eats for breakfast, which parent she preferred and what song was playing when she had her first kiss.
I admire...
A letter to a younger me
My friend Pauline Baird Jones wrote a letter to her younger self – and challenged me to do the same. Here’s her post - A letter to the little girl who learned to love books. I imagine myself as I am now, talking to a little girl who grows a...
The Joy of Writing Competent People
I like competent people in fiction, and I don’t mean characters who are perfect, smug, impossibly prepared for every crisis, or able to stroll through the story with the right answer, the right weapon, and the right comeback tucked neatly i...
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Greta van der Rol shares the stories behind her books, thoughts on writing, and glimpses of the world through her camera lens. Expect adventures in fiction, life, and everything beyond the page.
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