Tag: First Act

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky November 4, 2016 1

Your First Act is not a plot device

By Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Lately I’ve read a few stories that had something not quite right about them. At first it was difficult toContinue Reading

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky October 7, 2015 0

My Writing Journey Story Structure Writing

Starting your novel – Your protagonist needs a problem

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky I recently had a moment of enlightenment regarding this whole writing a book thing. The start of a storyContinue Reading

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky December 6, 2014 0

Story Structure Writing

Books = Stories about stuff happening

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Books are a lot of things, but mostly they are stories about stuff that happens. They are notContinue Reading

Mikhaeyla Kopievsky is an Australian speculative fiction author. She is the author of the Divided Elements series and Tasmanian Gothic, both of which were semi-finalists in Hugh Howey’s SPSF Competition. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the 2024 Aurealis Awards, longlisted for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and 2019 EJ Brady Short Story Competition, and published in Unchartered, Etherea Magazine, and indie anthologies.

Born in Sydney, Mikhaeyla now lives in the Hunter Valley with her husband, son, two rescue dogs, four Australorp chooks, a hive of cantankerous bees, and the occasional herd of beautiful Black Angus steers.

When she is not writing or reading, Mikhaeyla enjoys cooking with the produce harvested from her kitchen garden, going to the beach, stargazing, and training to be a ninja.

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