Roz Morris

Base Your Story Structure on Principles, Not Systems | Jane Friedman There’s no one-size-fits-all way to structure a story, so understanding the core principles will help you decide what’s right for yours.

Story structure needn't be a straitjacket. @tiffanyyatesmartin.bsky.social at @janefriedman.com janefriedman.com/base-your-st... #writingcommunity #writingtips #authorlife

📚A Diary of House hunting, Happenstance & Home. Rosie’s #BookReview of #Memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris #TuesdayBookBlog #BookX Turn Right at the Rainbow: A Diary of Househunting, Happenstance & Home by Roz Morris 4 stars Turn Right at the Rainbow: A Diary of House hunting, Happenstance & Home, is a creatively writt…

'I particularly enjoyed being an armchair viewer of the houses they considered... ' #memoir #humour #househunting #newbook

Delighted to see this new review by @RosieAmber rosieamber.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/%...

Does your writing take you down fascinating research rabbit holes? My desk is scattered with books about fungi, radium, botanic gardens and a more than one about our planet being in crisis. Do share what is feeding your writing just now. #amwriting #womenwriters

Make sure you get our next #skychat in your diary. Thursday 19th March, 6pm GMT we will be talking all things #womenwriters and Writing the Messy Middle. #amwriting #writingcommunity

While the Memoir Waits: Collaborative Interviewing and Building Platform By Mel Williams As my memoir, Little Flames Under My Skin, an account of sudden paralysis and rebuilding a life inside a disabled body, lingers in publishing purgatory—the uncertain stretch between…

On discovering a natural and personal way to build a platform - memoirist @MelWilliams at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/w... #writingcommunity #publishing #creativewriting #cnf #authorlife

I sent a newsletter! What didn't I dare ask? You'll have to read it to find out. Also: prizewinners! And yes, by popular demand you can now buy the merch. And meet me at @indieauthoralli.bsky.social Indie Author Lab! mailchi.mp/8e27ed3540ba...

Embodied Writing: How to Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Story Struggling with overthinking? Embodied writing helps you get out of your head and into your story so your fiction feels alive and true.

If you feel your storytelling has become flat and formulaic, this might help - @KMWeiland www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/embodied-wri... #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife

Morning! Monday! Turn Right At The Rainbow is four days old and the to-do list is neverending. Also this week I'll once again be working on my client's memoir, and on Wed I'll be on an expert panel at @indieauthoralli.bsky.social indie author lab #LondonBookFair . How's your week looking?

Big stories from small beginnings – and how to pivot between memoir and fiction: interviewed by Mark Leslie Lefebvre

What are the key differences between writing memoir and writing fiction? That's one of the questions I'm tackling today at Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing, the podcast…

Big stories from small beginnings – and how to pivot between memoir and fiction: interviewed by Mark Leslie Lefebvre

What are the key differences between writing memoir and writing fiction? That's one of the questions I'm tackling today at Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing, the podcast…

I sent a newsletter! What didn't I dare ask? You'll have to read it to find out. Also: prizewinners! And yes, by popular demand you can now buy the merch. And meet me at @indieauthoralli.bsky.social Indie Author Lab! mailchi.mp/8e27ed3540ba...

Thanks, Elizabeth!

Strangers in my photos – writing prompt and tip for developing a story’s world Who’s that lady with the handbag, sneaking out of shot while Dave was taking a picture of me at the Bluebell Railway museum? The strangers in our photos are the people we aren’t meant to notice. Pe…

While we're looking for inspiration, what about the strangers in your photos? nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/s... #writingtips #writingprompt #authorlife #writingcommunity

Excavate, Scrape, and Shape: Using Discards to Improve Your Craft By Kim Pittaway It was a slushy Saturday in January, and I had a few solitary hours tacked onto the end of a busy conference week to spend wandering in New York before heading home to Canada. The M…

What treasures lie in your discarded writings? I'm going to try these exciting exercises with my notebooks. Thank you @kimpittaway.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/e... #writingcommunity #authorlife #writingtips

Editing Like a Journalist Will Make Your Publishing Journey Easier | Jane Friedman Making the leap from short online articles to longer, narrative work brought one writer into contact with a new challenge: being truly edited.

Why being edited as a novelist is nothing like being edited as a journalist. @julietizon.bsky.social at @janefriedman.com janefriedman.com/how-editing-... #writingcommunity #writingtips #authorlife

V quickly: Turn Right At The Rainbow is out today.
I wrote it without any particular market in mind. I don’t know any other books like it. I went where it wanted to go. Fortunately, my early reviewers said:
'OMG.... such a lovely book!' books2read.com/rightrainbow #WorldBookDay2026

V quickly: Turn Right At The Rainbow is out today.
I wrote it without any particular market in mind. I don’t know any other books like it. I went where it wanted to go. Fortunately, my early reviewers said:
'OMG.... such a lovely book!' books2read.com/rightrainbow #WorldBookDay2026

Honoured - thank you so much! #worldbookday

New releases (besides mine!), awards being won, fascinating interviews... preview.mailerlite.com/w8w5i5v2p7/2...
my friends at @vineleavespress.bsky.social #WorldBookDay2026

Gentle atmospheric pic from @timharford.ft.com . Geeky pun from @davemorris.bsky.social
Thank you to all my contributors for your creativity. This has been a joy. I'll be putting all the tiles in a finale edition shortly.
Turn Right At The Rainbow launches tomorrow books2read.com/rightrainbow

I made this! Turn Right At The Rainbow is now available

It's been nearly five years since I published a book. About time I published another. I am thrilled to announce the launch of Turn Right At The Rainbow: A Diary of Househunting, Happenstance & Home. What's it like? Here are a few reviews to…

Gentle atmospheric pic from @timharford.ft.com . Geeky pun from @davemorris.bsky.social
Thank you to all my contributors for your creativity. This has been a joy. I'll be putting all the tiles in a finale edition shortly.
Turn Right At The Rainbow launches tomorrow books2read.com/rightrainbow

How Still Images Can Enhance Your Memoir By John Garrison & Nicole Stanton John Garrison When we think of the role of photographs in memoir writing, we might immediately think of images used to capture “me through the years.” However,…

How to start telling your story? Try this with some of your photos. @jsgarrison.bsky.social & @nicolestanton.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/s... #writingcommunity #memoir #authorcommunity

Field Guide to the Everyday TAoN No. 205: How to discover your own kitchen. Plus a new Icebreaker, and more

I love this! The idea of taking a fresh look at places we cease to notice. I'm already a nosy person but now I just got nosier. Thank you, @notrobwalker.bsky.social robwalker.substack.com/p/field-guid...

Two new entries arrived last night! @RosslynCarlyle in Esperanto. @battlegames.bsky.social in Caran d'Ache. Because home is made from random things that arrive and stay.
My memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow launches tomorrow, #WorldBookDay ! books2read.com/rightrainbow

#househunting #humour

Houses are hunted. But homes are found.
Eeek, launching tomorrow! #memoir #WorldBookDay2026

Tile 21! Home finds you. Thank you @ECBattista for the canine view, @deborahsword.bsky.social for the snowy arboreal hollow, and my little horse for the muddy squirming.

My #memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow launches Thursday #WorldBookDay ! books2read.com/rightrainbow #househunting #humour

When a Poet Writes a Memoir Then a Novel and Returns to the Memoir By Lisa Rizzo When your father begins to fade into dementia, you find yourself writing a memoir about your distant relationship and how illness is taking away any chance of reconciliation. Surprisi…

The journey to write your most difficult book - @lisarizzowriter.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/w... #writingcommunity #writinglife #memoir #creativenonfiction

Reading as a Writer I don’t remember the time before I was a reader, just as I don’t remember the time before I was a writer. I’ve always read for the joy of it. Now, as a published author, I read fo…

Do writers read differently? @theladygreer.bsky.social writerunboxed.com/2026/03/02/r... @writerunboxed.bsky.social #books #booklove #authorlife #writingcommunity #WorldBookDay

Home. Where everything starts.
Launching on #WorldBookDay!