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Here’s a decision that writers are frequently called on to make. It’s the choice between creating dramatic irony – in terms of which your protagonist remains ignorant of facts [...]

One of our mentoring participants has held us in suspense for roughly 70 000 words. (In tranches of 5 000 words a month, that’s quite some wait). I’m not going to tell you exactly what happens [...]

Here’s a lesson in restraint and suspense from that master of both, Michael Connelly: In Chapter 3 of his latest police procedural, The Late Show, which features a brand new protagonist, the [...]

Upcoming courses Cape Town Creative Saturday, Muizenberg – starts 7 October Creative Writing Course, Online – starts 9 October Creative Writing Course, Cape Town and Johannesburg – starts 16 [...]

You’ve read The Da Vinci Code and you know that one of the devices that Dan Brown uses to get his many millions of readers to become compulsive page turners is cliffhangers at the end of each of [...]