What your life has already taught you about your character
Published on: 31/07/2026
The emotional intelligence you've used to survive your own story is exactly what your character needs.
Writing

The emotional intelligence you've used to survive your own story is exactly what your character needs.

A tiny attic room, a floor full of paper, and what it taught me about being stuck in the middle of a novel.

What thirty years of teaching literature didn't show me - and what training as a book coach revealed about the wound that underpins every story.

What I discovered when I left teaching after thirty years - about structure, guilt, rest, and learning to begin again.