Creating a Drama in Search of Reviews by Patrick Osborne
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Here we aim to give you solid tips and advice to improve your writing from a wide range of Irish authors. Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, scripts or poetry we hope that you will find articles here to guide and inspire you. If you have queries on a topic we haven't covered here, drop us an email or post your question on our members blog where you will find help and support from other writers.
As we all know, book reviews are subjective and we should take them with a
The Lost Ones is my tenth crime-thriller and the first book in my fourth series.
When we tell a story, we shape it around a narrative arc. That arc is
So, you have finished your novel, edited it to death, and written your pitch and
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As with any world-building fiction writing, one false move and the reader is jerked out
Even the best writers struggle when it comes to writing a synopsis. Condensing a 100,000-word
The UK based Crime Writers’ Association is launching National Crime Reading Month (NCRM) in June
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Say you meet an agent in a lift or at a party. Of course, you
Ten months after self-publishing my debut Irish memoir – Marathon Man – I’ve become an
It’s hard to deny that you need to know how to market a book if
When I set out to write my first book, I knew little about the process,
One of the most important factors in writing comedy is that it must not feel
It may be the 21st century but saying you have mental health issues or suffer
Liz Trenow, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nine historical novels shares
I didn’t want to write about mental health. I knew it would be challenging. I
Every writer suffers from self-doubt at some point, no matter how successful they are. Questions
