top of page
MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
Sep 21, 20223 min read
Rules are fun! Rules help CONTROL the fun.
The phrase ‘writing rules’ is pretty broad. Advice is welcomed. Directives are troublesome.
1 view0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Mar 29, 20202 min read
Blogging in a Lockdown
What a strange new world we find ourselves in. I guess every generation has it's one-in-a-lifetime, to tell your grandkids about, event.
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Sep 19, 20191 min read
Flash: The Busy Bee by Melanie Roussel
My neighbour Mrs Cassidy keeps bees
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Aug 26, 20192 min read
Where do you get your ideas from?
Neil Gaiman has said: 'I make them up,' I tell them. 'Out of my head.'
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Jul 25, 20194 min read
5 Things do to when you don't want to write
Here are five alternatives to sitting down at the keyboard which will help the next time you do.
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Jul 1, 20192 min read
Where do you find your characters?
I'm a very character-driven writer and reader. I love well-crafted characters. And I've always been a people watcher.
2 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Jul 8, 20183 min read
Taking a risk is the Only way to Grow
If you don't know me, I should explain I am the master of self-sabotage.
1 view0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Oct 9, 20173 min read
Prologues: Love 'em or Hate 'em
If editors, agents and publishers tell us they don't want prologues, I'm not going to go down with this particular ship.
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Aug 28, 20174 min read
Are your characters victims or dodgers of karmic justice?
Whether that’s a god, fate or narrative causality, bad people get their comeuppance and good people get rewarded.
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Jul 28, 20173 min read
John Finnemore, the spinner of tales
John Finnemore is one of the best comedy writers currently working.
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
Jun 19, 20172 min read
When you forget how to read
Around 2016, something awful happened. I stopped reading. I hit on these five tips to pull yourself out of a reading slump.
0 views0 comments
bottom of page