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Are you struggling to plot your murder mystery, unsure of how to create those essential twists and turns that keep readers guessing? In both this blog and my next subscriber-only Monday Writing [...]

Here’s a story about our visit to hear a world-famous writer talk about his music (and his writing), together with some of his advice – and what happened then. Trish booked us seats at the Queen [...]

It’s a perennial question – and it came up again on the webinar we hosted last week in The Hero’s Journey. What is more desirable: that you plan your story from start to finish, or allow the muse [...]

Whatever creative narrative you’re writing, the challenge is to establish a balance between character and story. Readers are happy if the writer uses story simply as the washing line on which to [...]

Characters may be the most important part of a narrative, but they’re not all you need to hold us. Last week I made the point that startling events are not all we need if we’re to be drawn into a [...]