When to open the door and when to barricade it

In his book On Writing, Stephen King says: ‘Write with the door closed; rewrite with the door open.’ Christian uses this metaphor to explore the steps he took to write an award-winning manuscript and, more importantly, the steps he took to get it published.

* Writing in isolation * Collaboration (killing your darlings) * Writing competitions * Character vs plot * Life after a publishing deal – how it all works * Mistakes I’ve learned from so you don’t have to