young adult – Page 3 – Jonathan K. Benton

Writing tip No. 2 and my thoughts for the week

jonathan / March 2, 2014

Messy writing Two weeks ago I enjoyed another exhausting day pouring through my half-finished manuscript with Joelene, the talented young […]

jonathan / February 23, 2014

Writing Authors will likely stumble upon the phrase ‘unpacking a sentence’. I did recently. Writing can be arduous. A lot

jonathan / February 9, 2014

I am a perfectionist, in terms of my writing. Most authors probably are. This doesn’t mean we think our writing

jonathan / December 22, 2013

I’ve had a gutful of dangerous criminals reoffending after serving pitiful sentences handed down at the discretion of sympathetic judges.

jonathan / December 15, 2013

Music has always played (excuse the pun) a massive part in my life. I love how it makes me feel,

jonathan / November 4, 2013

Without a great book to support them, the following sentences might not have been so great. Each sentence appeals to

jonathan / October 26, 2013

I truly love it here in Queensland. The support given to me by the people of this justifiably proud

jonathan / October 13, 2013

If A Wicked Kind of Dark was a movie, who would play the leads? The cast I came up with

jonathan / October 6, 2013

Prologue So this is fear. The man stood trembling on the edge of the plank as dark clouds tumbled towards

jonathan / September 14, 2013

I’m on holiday, which means writing. I’ve given myself four weeks to finish the first draft of the next book