S J Watson
@sjwatson.bsky.social
Writing. Photography. Drinking. Bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep. Podcaster. Substacker. Procrastinator. Dog dad. Tired.
Just your ordinary average everyday sane psycho super-goddess.
Just your ordinary average everyday sane psycho super-goddess.
I put together a small craft PDF today — **Raise the Stakes**.
Three fast story moves for making your scenes more urgent.
£2.99 on Gumroad: sjwatson.gumroad.com/l/raisethest...
Three fast story moves for making your scenes more urgent.
£2.99 on Gumroad: sjwatson.gumroad.com/l/raisethest...
Raise the Stakes — A Micro-Guide for Making Any Scene More Urgent
Three fast, brutal, reliable story moves — from a bestselling novelist — to inject real tension into your draft.Stories fall flat when the stakes are vague, distant, or simply loud. Danger alone isn’t...
sjwatson.gumroad.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I put together a small craft PDF today — **Raise the Stakes**.
Three fast story moves for making your scenes more urgent.
£2.99 on Gumroad: sjwatson.gumroad.com/l/raisethest...
Three fast story moves for making your scenes more urgent.
£2.99 on Gumroad: sjwatson.gumroad.com/l/raisethest...
It’s live.
My Substack has a new name and a new heart.
Writing from the Wound — stories, fragments, and reflections on creativity, memory, and the art of turning pain into meaning.
Come see what’s next.
Sjwatson.substack.com
My Substack has a new name and a new heart.
Writing from the Wound — stories, fragments, and reflections on creativity, memory, and the art of turning pain into meaning.
Come see what’s next.
Sjwatson.substack.com
Writing from the Wound | S J Watson | Substack
From a New York Times bestselling novelist: stories and fragments from what still aches. Writing as transformation, fiction, truth, and the wound between them. Click to read Writing from the Wound, by...
Sjwatson.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It’s live.
My Substack has a new name and a new heart.
Writing from the Wound — stories, fragments, and reflections on creativity, memory, and the art of turning pain into meaning.
Come see what’s next.
Sjwatson.substack.com
My Substack has a new name and a new heart.
Writing from the Wound — stories, fragments, and reflections on creativity, memory, and the art of turning pain into meaning.
Come see what’s next.
Sjwatson.substack.com
Honestly, I don’t get why The Salt Path couldn’t just have been published as fiction. Maybe it says more about what publishers think we’ll buy than about the author. #thesaltpath #BookTok #memoir #publishingindustry #books #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion
July 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Honestly, I don’t get why The Salt Path couldn’t just have been published as fiction. Maybe it says more about what publishers think we’ll buy than about the author. #thesaltpath #BookTok #memoir #publishingindustry #books #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion