Author: Ozzy
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Stop Trying to Be Unique
When you focus too hard on being different, you start second-guessing everything. Is this too obvious? Has this been done before? What if people think I’m copying someone else?
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How Legitimate Businesses (and Authors) Actually Market
A legitimate, respectable business will not reach out to you with a cold email or an unsolicited message out of the blue on social media.
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My Growing Toolkit
Writers love tools, and I’m no exception. Sometimes, people who love their tools end up making tools of their own…
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Your Process Is YOUR Process
Your process is YOUR process. It’s supposed to evolve and grow as YOU grow and evolve as a writer. Take what’s useful from others. Discard what isn’t. Build something that works for you—for your brain, your schedule, your life, and for this particular story.
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The Cost of Trying to Do It All
I’ve been quiet for a few weeks. Not because I stopped caring, or because the words dried up. I’ve been working. Building. Planning. Writing. Coding. Coaching. Creating. Too much, if I’m being honest.
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Your Book Is Not Your Baby
Writing a novel is a labour of love, but it should be a love akin to that of a professional chef for the meals they make, not the love of a parent for a child.
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The Myth of the Perfect Writing Space
Writers talk about these places like they’re magical keys. If only we had that space—perfect, private, uninterrupted—then the words would flow. It’s a nice fantasy. It’s just not true.
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What You Watch Can Shape What You Write
Stories aren’t only found in books. They’re on screens big and small, acted out with dialogue, visuals, pacing, and emotion. If you’re deliberate about how you watch, television and film can become part of your writer’s toolkit.
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The Myth of the Big Push
The Myth of the Big Push Every writer has fantasised about it at some point: that glorious, uninterrupted stretch of time when you finally “catch up.” The long weekend. The holiday break. The retreat in a rustic cabin with nothing but your laptop, coffee, and a roaring fire. In this fantasy, you write like a…