S J Watson | Writer
S J WatsonA Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling novelist, working in the open. The making of the books, the parts that got cut, and the things writers aren't supposed to say.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 383 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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A quick update, and an invitation
First, the books. Next year is busy in a way I’m still getting used to. There are two novels coming in 2027. One of them is Before I Sleep Forever, which returns to Christine, the narrator of Before I Go to Sleep. I won’t say much yet, exce...
Agents Aren't Rejecting Your Novel Because of Your Prose
What agents are actually reading for in those first fifty pages
A few years ago a friend sent me their manuscript. I’d agreed to read it partly out of friendship and partly — if I’m honest — out of curiosity, because this person could writ...
The Trap of Sounding Like a Writer
What your synopsis is telling agents without you realising it
I used to think — and I’m embarrassed to admit how long this lasted — that good writing sounded like good writing. That there was a register, a particular quality of sentence, t...
Your synopsis isn't failing because you can't write
It's failing for a different reason entirely.
Here’s something I’ve noticed after reading many, many synopses from writers who can genuinely write.
How to Know What You're Actually Writing Before It's Too Late
A practical guide to identifying whether your idea is a short story, novella, novel, or epic — and what to do if you've already committed to the wrong one.
The most common piece of advice given to writers with stalled novels is to push thr...
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I'm S.J. Watson. I write thrillers — Before I Go to Sleep was one. A play and two more out in 2027. This is where I work in the open and say what writers aren't supposed to. \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08
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