Matt DaviesSep 28Watching the numbers click overI’ve changed my mind about watching word counts in the drafting stage of a manuscript. I used to think it was a kind of fool’s gold. So, ...
Matt DaviesJun 20“Shielding our kids from dark content in YA fiction” – a blog eventLike many writers’ festivals in 2020, the Williamstown Literary Festival this year scaled back to an online-only event with a streamlined...
Matt DaviesApr 12, 2019Avoiding certain topics in YALast week I was lucky enough to participate in an event at a local bookshop called Brunswick Bound. The event was First Chapters – it’s r...
Matt DaviesFeb 4, 2019Nothing randomI’m one of those writers who reckons you can’t write the first sentence of a novel until you know the last. The first line, I think, shou...
Matt DaviesMar 15, 2018Getting into the heads of charactersThis Thing of Darkness is told from the point of view of an 18-year-old girl – Riley Benjamin. I am not an 18-year-old girl, I have never...
Matt DaviesNov 15, 2017Why I write YAWelcome to my blog. For my first blog post (ever!) I thought I’d share a bit about why I write YA. Truth is, I hadn’t intended to become ...
