Characters, storytelling, and the self-confidence roller coaster.

I’ve self-published two fiction novels, both travel thrillers centred around an industrial espionage agency and one of its apologetic agents. The first is set in Mongolia and China, the second in India.

After 200,000 words and months of planning and editing, I’ve come to realize a few things about the process that are now making my life easier as I work on my third novel.

Writing and storytelling are not the same thing

It took me a lo...