[Writers' Huddle] Winter Challenge 2018 Week Two; One year ago: Writing multi-genre novels

Published: Mon, 02/05/18

 
Hello!

I hope you've been having a great writing week. It's definitely not too late to join in our Winter Writing Challenge ... see below for details on that.

In this week's email:
- Winter Challenge 2018 Week Two
- Chatroom writing hour, Weds 8-9pm (UK time)
- Forum posts to check out
- One Year Ago: Writing Multi-Genre and Cross-Genre Novels, with Alan Baxter


 
Winter Challenge, Week Two (5th-12th)

This is week two of the Winter Challenge -- the winners of the Amazon vouchers from week one are Dana and Nick.

If you still want to sign in for week one to keep up your eligibility for the Grand Prize, you can do so in the forum thread here:

You can find out more about the Challenge, and join us, here:
 
Chatroom Writing Hour, 8pm - 9pm Weds

Whether or not you're taking part in the six-week Winter Challenge, you're welcome to join us on Wednesday evening at 8pm (UK time) in the Chatroom -- we'll be chatting briefly about what we're going to work on, then we'll be writing until just before 9pm.

I'll try to remember to send out a reminder slightly earlier on Wednesday than I did last week...!


(Note: there won't be a chat on the following Wednesday, 14th.)
 
Forum Posts to Check Out

If you've not already seen them, do take a look at these posts in the Writers' Huddle forum:

Seminar Requests for 2018

If there's a particular topic you'd like us to cover in 2018's seminars, let me know! And if someone else has suggested a topic or idea that you like, it's really helpful for me to know that you want a seminar on it, too.

January 2018 -- how are you getting on with your goals?
www.writershuddle.com/forums/writing-chat/january-2018-how-are-you-getting-on-with-your-goals

Whether your January has been good, bad or indifferent, come and let us know how it went for you (and find out what other Huddlers have been doing).
 
One Year Ago: Writing Multi-Genre and Cross-Genre Novels, with Alan Baxter

Last February, our seminar was on novels which span across the genres, with guest author Alan Baxter.

You can get the audio seminar here, along with the transcript and worksheet:


The seminar covers:
  • When in the planning process to start considering genre
  • How to structure a novel that doesn’t fit in an established category
  • The common advice that authors should stick in one genre
  • Bringing an audience with you across genres
  • How writing cross-genre books affects marketing
You can discuss the seminar on the forums here:
 

​​​​Happy writing!

Ali x
 
Handy links

With useful links and downloads.

All seminars are also listed at www.writershuddle.com/seminars