Even the pros need some love

Last night I finished reading a fantastic book on writing – Will Write for Shoes – by novelist Cathy Yardley. While it's primarily about chick lit, it was Cathy's fabulous advice about plotting, as well as her easily understandable references to the hard-to-read Story by Robert McKee, that really helped me find a pathway out of the writing funk into which I have sunk over the past two months.

I find I am all 'flashed' out and need the challenge of longer, more meaningful fiction. While I knew ...