Anias Trevelyan

Are you part of, or interested in joining, a #writing #critique group? Here are my essential tips for giving (and receiving) feedback. Spoiler: it's not about you!

One thing to keep in mind when you start to critique other writers’ work is how to give (and receive!) critical feedback. The point here is to learn and improve and, trust me, that can be immensely difficult if your group is pulling punches. I’ve been participating in writing critiques for thirteen years. It’s an integral part of my writing practice, and I am hugely grateful for my talented and…

Just a funny little anecdote about finishing things, and typing my two favourite words: The End.

Funny story. Back in November 2020 I passed my word count goal for The Tower Project. Ahh, I said, that’s it. I’m done my novel. I immediately jumped into celebrating, and revising. Then, many months later, I realized — I had never finished at all. I simply completed my goal. The story, well that was something different. Fast forward to March 2021 when I was due to submit the next chapter of…

Maybe The Hero Doesn’t Have to Die

Look, it says it at the top of the website, the first sentence you read — Hi, I’m Kait, I kill plants and characters. I can’t say exactly *why* I’m this way, but there has always been something about the self-sacrificial protagonist, the vulnerable hero, the character who pays the ultimate price that’s caught my fancy. From childhood, some of my favourite characters were Sirius Black, Trystan…