Panster or Plotter: the best way to get a novel onto the page by Alex Morrall
‘How do you write a novel, do you plan it out or make it up
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‘How do you write a novel, do you plan it out or make it up
AKA: How a crazy writing challenge pulled me from the pit of despair and saved
In 2014, the germ of my debut novel Heart of Cruelty was a radio drama
The reason I became a writer is simple. I was bored. I wanted something to
BEHIND EVERY PLOT IS THE HEARTBEAT OF A STORY – HOW DO WE DISCOVER OURS
I love character-driven stories. When I read Moby Dick, I had a powerful urge to
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Someone famous once said ‘The setting is the story’. I have long since forgotten who
The question of what is ‘true’ is a big one in writing. Obviously, there is
If you’re a writer – published or unpublished – you have been approached by someone
On YouTube, there is an excellent Intelligence Squared discussion entitled ‘Jane vs. Brontë: The Queens
To change the place in some novels would be to remove one of the lead
When writing fiction, drawing on real-life people who inhabit an author’s world can be a
I guess I must know a little bit about writing romance, as I’ve just published
Readers often ask where I get my ideas from (a question to which I can’t
While I was writing my second book, like any true millennial, I took to googling.
When I was working on the long-running drama series, Heartbeat, we were often told that
I started out on the Hildegard of Meaux and the current Brother Chandler series with
When I first started out on what is laughingly called my writing career, I imagined
Friday, June 26th 2020. Homeschooling and the submission of the final set of edits on
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