This week, we’re bringing you not one but two free workshops and webinars to boost your creative spirit and help you along on your writing projects. First, join us and […]
In December, Warner Bros releases Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. That bare announcement, long anticipated, was enough to get science fiction aficionados taking to social media in their thousands. Many [...]
This round our guest judge was Michele Rowe, an award-winning novelist (Hour of Darkness and What Hidden Lies) and screenwriter. Michele, along with Richard Beynon, runs our screenwriting [...]
Elmore Leonard famously said: Never start with the weather. “But does this mean I never, ever mention the weather at the beginning of my book?” one of our participants asked […]
We’re delighted to be hosting a masterclass with Tony Park , bestselling author of 18 adventure thrillers set in southern Africa. Join us to learn more about the craft of […]
It’s 8:17 on Friday morning. I’m sitting in our living room with the autumn sun streaming in, half blinding me. Through the sliding doors and the floor-to-ceiling windows I can […]
One of my earliest memories is spending hours at the dining room table, folding pieces of A4 paper in half, hamburger-style, and turning them into small books that I wrote […]
How self-aware should your fictional characters be? It’s a decision that needs some consideration, since it’s part of your protagonist’s make-up and personality. There is no short answer either. [...]
Let’s think about a series of very tiny – but, some say, enormously significant – decisions that every writer has to take when beginning a story, and that is, what […]
This is a counter-intuitive piece of writing advice. After all, you want to get your writing out there, I know that. You do want to be read, even if only […]