Writing Irish Characters By Aimee Alexander
Why write an Irish character into a story? Let me direct you to Chris O’Dowd
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Why write an Irish character into a story? Let me direct you to Chris O’Dowd
As a writer, there’s nothing more intimidating than a blank page, especially when you know
Introducing Corporal Lindsey Ryan Lindsey Ryan’s character was inspired by some of the amazing women
Reflections on including the Northern Irish landscape I grew up with as a key character
Meet sixteen-year-old Niamh Hughes. She’s in London for the summer but unfortunately for her, so
How does what we believe influence our actions when life confronts us with a situation
I love character-driven stories. When I read Moby Dick, I had a powerful urge to
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
From Shakespeare to Austen to Wodehouse to Winnie-the-Pooh, most storytelling involves exploring the human experience.
The People in Books Our aim as writers is to make the characters in our
Characters in a novel are not just part of the story they must drive the
Names help to define an individual and form the basis of the many layers it
It was not enough to simply research what it was like to live in the
What you are looking for when you develop a character are experiences or memories that
“Don’t expect the puppets of your mind to become the people of your story. If
There is an age old debate about whether great crime is plot or character driven.
The aim of all fiction is to induce emotion in the reader. While immersed in
I was asked recently how I came up with the character of Kay Kelly. For
What if something happened in my next-door neighbour’s house, and nobody knew? What if we’re
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