In his book, The Anatomy of Story, in the section on Story Movement, John Truby, talks about the Meandering Story. ‘The meandering story follows a winding path without apparent direction…’

Indeed.

This episode is something like that. It meanders along with nary a hint of purpose.

Topics I wander through:

What makes me a buy a book

Why I don’t read blurbs

An accidental ‘review’ of T J Klune’s, The House in the Cerulean Sea

How Klune’s book helped my tackle my own WIP

The need to slow down (and speed up) when writing middle grade fiction.

How I used a screenplay format to get my story started, get a bird’s eye view of events and find a confident (although superficial) launching place

Other rambly stuff that might be of interest to other creatives

Take from it what you will, dear author.

Find out more about John Truby, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Truby

Find T J Klune and his wonderful books, here: https://www.tjklunebooks.com/

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