Writing Blogs

Candles for the dark: thoughts on structuring novels

Understand gothic, uncanny, literary, and surreal fiction with these alternatives to traditional structure

Feb 14 • Lauren du Plessis

On mast years in trees and writing craft

Thinking about nature and writing as winter rolls in

Nov 7, 2025 • Lauren du Plessis

The scene(s) I almost didn’t write

The ending can be the scariest part, and not just because I'm writing horror...

Oct 30, 2025 • Lauren du Plessis

On the publication of my debut novel...

Tender is available in UK bookshops and online!

Sep 25, 2025 • Lauren du Plessis

For the curious: All about Tender, my debut novel

A quickfire guide to my book before it comes out in late September 2025!

Sep 15, 2025 • Lauren du Plessis

How to write a book using my totally unique methods!

(Disclaimer: they are not totally unique, and might also be the unhinged ravings of a busy-brained art mum)

Aug 29, 2025 • Lauren du Plessis

"Personal Growth": How I wrote my debut novel

Get it?? Personal growth… And it’s a botanical body horror book? (sorry)

May 23, 2025 • Lauren du Plessis

Weird Girl Fiction, a.k.a. the genre I seem to be writing by accident

A primer and my thoughts on the odd girl's literary moment

May 17, 2025 • Lauren du Plessis

There has been so much becoming

This is a debut substack post about my debut novel and my debut child

Apr 29, 2025 • Lauren du Plessis

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