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Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.

‘Don’t bore the reader. Don’t annoy the reader. Don’t confuse the reader.’

Do something on the manuscript every day
Being a rebel and going with the flow
Writing after 4pm and into the evening
Themes – down to earth, gritty and difficult topics – sex, religion and politics. Duality in the problems the characters face.
Writing workshops – the value is not the critiques you receive but what you learn from reading other people’s work. The bigger the group the better
Handling critiques
Online Writing Workshop for Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
The three rules for writing; don’t bore the reader, don’t annoy the reader & don’t confuse the reader.
Concentrate on telling a good story. Get a reader and an editor and don’t sweat the small stuff.
Non-fiction reading – the psychology of marketing and political biographies. In fiction, writers who can write across genres – Harry Potter/Robert Galbraith
Ambassador series – different ecosystems, politics and conspiracies, action, Kiwis in space. Currently working on book 9.

‘It is up to you. It’s not up to them to write your book.’

‘It is a fantasy setting but it obviously has reverberations in the real world.’

#58 – Patty Jansen – Write Through The Roof