In this Craft of Writing Episode Pam talks to best-selling Australian author Rachael Johns about transforming her initial ideas into a first draft.

An English teacher  in a previous life, Rachael is now an ABIA-winning author writing across a number of genres including romance, rural romance and women's fiction – or her own preferred terminology life lit. Her recent books include The Patterson Girls, Something to Talk About,Just One Wish and Flying the Nest. Rachael is currently Australia’s leading writer of contemporary relationship stories around women’s issues.

Jilted (her first rural romance) won Favourite Australian Contemporary Romance in 2012, and The Patterson Girls won the 2016 Romance Writers of Australia RUBY Award and also the 2015 Australian Book Industry Award for General Fiction. She continually places in Booktopia’s Top 50 Aussie Authors poll.

Pam and Rachael have a shared mania for stocking their shelves with books on writing craft and, having compared notes about their respective writing processes, pretty much agree they don’t know what they are! All this prompted Pam to invite Rachael onto the podcast to try and pin down what her process is for getting from that first seed of an idea to the end of a first draft.

So listen in while Rachael and Pam compare notes on The Convo Couch.

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Books Mentioned by Rachael in this episode:

The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

Ten Things About Writing by Joanne Harris

Save the Cat Writes A Novel by Jessica Brody

The Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes & Heroines by Tami D, Cowden, Caro LeFever and Sue Viders

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

On Writing by Stephen King

 

 

This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women.

 

 

In this Craft of Writing Episode Pam talks to best-selling Australian author Rachael Johns about transforming her initial ideas into a first draft.
An English teacher &nbsp;in a previous life, Rachael is now an ABIA-winning author writing across a number of genres including romance, rural romance and women's fiction &ndash; or her own preferred terminology life lit. Her recent books include The Patterson Girls, Something to Talk About, Just One Wish and Flying the Nest. Rachael is currently Australia&rsquo;s leading writer of contemporary relationship stories around women&rsquo;s issues.
Jilted&nbsp;(her first rural romance) won Favourite Australian Contemporary Romance in 2012, and The Patterson Girls won the 2016 Romance Writers of Australia RUBY Award and also the 2015 Australian Book Industry Award for General Fiction. She continually places in Booktopia&rsquo;s Top 50 Aussie Authors poll.
Pam and Rachael have a shared mania for stocking their shelves with books on writing craft and, having compared notes about their respective writing processes, pretty much agree they don&rsquo;t know what they are! All this prompted Pam to invite Rachael onto the podcast to try and pin down what her process is for getting from that first seed of an idea to the end of a first draft.
So listen in while Rachael and Pam compare notes on The Convo Couch.
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Writes4Women
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Facebook @writes4women
Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast
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W4W Patreon
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Rachael Johns
Website : click <a href="https://www.rachaeljohns.com/">here</a>
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Pamela Cook
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Facebook: click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PamelaCookAuthor?ref=hl">here</a>
Twitter: click <a href="https://twitter.com/pamelacookau">here&nbsp;</a>
Instagram: click <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pamelacookwrites/">here</a>
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Books Mentioned by Rachael in this episode:
The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
Ten Things About Writing by Joanne Harris
Save the Cat Writes A Novel by Jessica Brody
The Complete Writer&rsquo;s Guide to Heroes &amp; Heroines by Tami D, Cowden, Caro LeFever and Sue Viders
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
On Writing by Stephen King
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This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women.
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Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. It's about writing the voice, reading the voice and being the voice. Every week host Pamela Cook, or a special guest host, interviews an outstanding female, trans or non-binary author about their books, writing process and life. Transcript available via the Writes4Women website. Video of most episodes available on the Writes4Women youtube channel. You can find out more about Writes4Women at www.writes4women.com

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. It's about writing the voice, reading the voice and being the voice. Every week host Pamela Cook, or a special guest host, interviews an outstanding female, trans or non-binary author about their books, writing process and life. Transcript available via the Writes4Women website. Video of most episodes available on the Writes4Women youtube channel. You can find out more about Writes4Women at www.writes4women.com

Celebrating Women's Voices and Supporting Women Writers

Writes4Women

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. In weekly episodes women's fiction author Pamela Cook and an all-star cast of guest hosts talk to women writers about the craft, business and heart of writing, along with a monthly feature on a new release author. If you're a writer you'll love the writing conversation and tips shared by the talented guests and if you're a reader you'll get a great insight into the writing process. Subscribe to the PamelaCook/Writes4Women mailing list via the website and check out the Patreon bonuses while you're there. And don't forget to follow the podcast on your favourite platform or find the audio and video wt writes4women.com

Writes4Women is all about celebrating women's voices and supporting women writers. In weekly episodes women's fiction author Pamela Cook and an all-star cast of guest hosts talk to women writers about the craft, business and heart of writing, along with a monthly feature on a new release author. If you're a writer you'll love the writing conversation and tips shared by the talented guests and if you're a reader you'll get a great insight into the writing process. Subscribe to the PamelaCook/Writes4Women mailing list via the website and check out the Patreon bonuses while you're there. And don't forget to follow the podcast on your favourite platform or find the audio and video wt writes4women.com

In this Craft of Writing Episode Pam talks to best-selling Australian author Rachael Johns about transforming her initial ideas into a first draft.

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