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     Writing Secrets: Grand realisations – lesson from a master
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 13, 2019

    Writing Secrets: Grand realisations – lesson from a master

    Every now and again, a character has a realisation which changes everything. It hits him between the eyes and forces him to view things in a completely new light. Since […]

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     Monday Motivation: Walking the tightrope of too much or too little
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted August 27, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Walking the tightrope of too much or too little

    It’s a delicate tightrope we walk. On the one hand, if we provide too much information, we run the risk of turning a suspenseful story into a ho-hum record of […]

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     Writing Secrets: It’s often the case – solving one problem creates another
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted May 30, 2018

    Writing Secrets: It’s often the case – solving one problem creates another

    Here’s a conundrum. One of our mentoring participants tried to solve one problem and, in the process, created another. As I mentioned last week, you should try to avoid long, […]

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     Monday Motivation: Write around a key dramatic development
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted May 21, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Write around a key dramatic development

    Here’s another lesson from No Country for Old Men… When last we spoke (!) I described Lewellyn Moss’s flight from the implacable hand of Fate, Anton Chigurh. He eventually shakes […]

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     Monday Motivation: Balancing act
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted November 13, 2017

    Monday Motivation: Balancing act

    The challenge I posed a group of scribblers was to write a scene in which a trivial disagreement masks much deeper conflict between two characters. How to insinuate the presence […]

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    Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets of writing, highlighting books published by past students of our Creative Writing Course or Mentoring Program.  We'll take an extract, identify writing skills and techniques  and offer  a tip or two (or three) suggested by our analysis of the chosen passage. The first in the series is #pleasuresoftheharbours by #adamkethro published by @tmpublishers
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    In this first Monday Motivation of 2023, Richard c In this first Monday Motivation of 2023, Richard considers that essential element of every memorable story: Voice. What precisely is it, and how do you develop it? http://ow.ly/Tr1N50MxoPq  #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
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