Den of Writers | Andrew Bruton | Activity https://www.denofwriters.com/members/quellomayo/activity/ Activity feed for Andrew Bruton. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:20:05 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 7203624c52ea918eb53ca7694e2e741a Andrew Bruton replied to the topic Monthly Competition - January 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-january-2022/#post-11347 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:42:37 +0000 Hi. I have been absent from the Den for over a year and just managed to get myself logged back in. I hope everyone has been well. My short story entry is only loosely adversity-based, but it’s very tongue-in-cheek and not very serious. Readers sensitive to bad language and poop should read no further. I spent 2021 getting the kick up my writing…[Read more]

]]> 0 7bcd547f99ded91c70d8995009eb1066 Andrew Bruton replied to the topic The ultimate story/narrative arc in the forum A place for Stupid Questoins https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/a-place-for-stupid-questoins/forum/topic/the-ultimate-story-narrative-arc/#post-8621 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 21:44:04 +0000 Once again thank you to all of you for giving your thoughts on this. I feel immediately guilty as I have close to no experience and not much to offer by way of my own conclusions.

I agree with those of you who say that the shape of your various elements (character arcs, plot lines etc.) needs revision between drafts, and it reminds me that the…[Read more]

]]> 0 36cd68e262e81e25fe7828e289a74a45 Andrew Bruton replied to the topic Monthly Competition: June 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2020/#post-8559 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:24:03 +0000 I’m a bit late for the response to all this but I totally agree Squidge nailed the theme. I still get a thrill when an idea is taken in a direction I would never have imagined myself; it constantly reminds me of the infinite variety of perspectives and possibilities that this writing lark affords us.

I enjoyed reading them all.

]]> 0 b6ef6439ec111a95ab56722445319b35 Andrew Bruton started the topic The ultimate story/narrative arc in the forum A place for Stupid Questoins https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/a-place-for-stupid-questoins/forum/topic/the-ultimate-story-narrative-arc/ Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:13:39 +0000 I think this follows on nicely from my previous question about plotting or pantsing…and as we have several ‘plantsers’ I wondered if the classic arc diagrams that exist had any particular ranking in the writing world?

I have seen them in various formats: graphs, ladders, actual arcs…but whilst they are all similar I’m not certain I have yet…[Read more]

]]> 0 39bba936642ddf44028909f202b8b0f6 Andrew Bruton replied to the topic Planning vs Winging it. in the forum A place for Stupid Questoins https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/a-place-for-stupid-questoins/forum/topic/planning-vs-winging-it/#post-8557 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:22:14 +0000 Thank ‘insert deity here’ you have wrestled with the same issues I’m facing. It’s wonderful to feel that others have toyed with the various types of writing and that I can see some of my own struggles being described in almost the same way I view them.

I love the ‘plantsing’ because it goes some way to alleviate my fears that I’m caught between…[Read more]

]]> 0 2abe1bd766c6aa8c61196d6179a511d6 Andrew Bruton started the topic Planning vs Winging it. in the forum A place for Stupid Questoins https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/a-place-for-stupid-questoins/forum/topic/planning-vs-winging-it/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 19:22:45 +0000 I have two books on writing.

‘On editing’ by Helen Corner-Bryant and ‘Outlining Your Novel’ by K.M. Weiland.

One owns a publishing company and I don’t know who the other is but they write a lot of ‘how to write’ books.

How many of you outline your novel before starting?
How deep do you go?
Do you find it helps guide your writing?

If not…why…[Read more]

]]> 0 1d4cd7bc575a9ac3ce9b27bc0099d2bc Andrew Bruton replied to the topic Where to start? in the forum A place for Stupid Questoins https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/a-place-for-stupid-questoins/forum/topic/where-to-start/#post-8528 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 19:09:45 +0000 That’s fab, I managed to forget my password and have been locked out for ages so it’s lovely to see responses. I will digest as much as I can. I liked the show/tell example, very useful. Thank you.

]]> 0 baffb95126aa136c8a769b3ad4b887c1 Andrew Bruton started the topic Where to start? in the forum A place for Stupid Questoins https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/a-place-for-stupid-questoins/forum/topic/where-to-start/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:49:55 +0000 I’m not sure if there are any other novices in the Den, but I’m hoping there are those who can help us out if we are sufficient in number. I’m relatively new to the Den and by way of an introduction, I thought I would create this group because it fits my stage in the process.

I have been terribly slow to realise that I need to learn about…[Read more]

]]> 0 9a7aa9e5a7d048f1436387b7ec633de4 Andrew Bruton created the group A place for Stupid Questions https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14664/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:45:01 +0000 0 951bed6b2104a1166f606777e95fa796 Andrew Bruton joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14659/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:53:22 +0000 0 8ee8ba8eb646ba649831f94370aa0f3b Andrew Bruton replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/that-old-enemy-perfectionism/#post-8417 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:00:41 +0000 Hi all, I’m not yet fully versed in the ways of the craft and have wavered between perfectionism and writing tens of thousands of words without any edits. I certainly prefer the latter, but the former seems to bring something to the table.

I started a novel back in 2013 as I managed a hotel in the Peruvian Andes, and all these years later I’m…[Read more]

]]> 0 013d59f9e680e9d98f543e522bb31a7c Andrew Bruton replied to the topic Monthly Competition: June 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2020/#post-8416 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:58:31 +0000 Midsummer madness

The queue was going nowhere. He gave up wiping the sweat; it poured in carefree torrents down his forehead, around his nose and dripped from his lips and chin onto the white, cotton shirt his wife had bought him for his birthday back in November.
‘It will look great on you in the summer when we’re in Greece!’ she had said.…[Read more]

]]> 0 0e1b12042cc8f01ea7ac711a96e7ab92 Andrew Bruton posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14560/#acomment-14634 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:35:22 +0000 Hello everyone, this is my first post as a new member and it is fitting seeing as I learned of the Den through that Webinar with Philippa East at the Jericho Festival. I was inspired by the journey she described and it has been the best event I have attended so far.

In reply to - Sandra posted an update Congratulations to @Philippa, who’s ‘Little white lies’ has been long-listed for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger award. ]]> 500b9f3d245f347a2e4be3b9feaf1449 Andrew Bruton's profile was updated https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14633/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:31:58 +0000 1