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Do we become writers because these traits are already nascent in our character, or does the practice of our trade…
It’s your play, your novel, your story; do what you have to do. Solve it yourself. It’s your play, your…
Rebecca Mascull on how she researches her historical novels. Rebecca Mascull describes some of the ways in which she tries…
Give yourself time to dream; the best ideas will sneak up on you in spare moments. Give yourself time to…
There’s more creativity in a collection of science fiction stories than in a whole library of literary giants. There’s more…
Try to quell the Yorkshireness of your character. As to the actual writing, you tend to be too pedantic, even…
Trish Cooke speaks with Caroline Sanderson about her children’s writing, fairytales and the tragic roots of a dramatic work. Trish…
Finding any way I can to embody the Deadly Dame angle helps to tie in the crime novel with the…
From the Starship Enterprise to Star Wars, it’s wall-to-wall screens with not a bookshelf in sight. From the Starship Enterprise…
Gerry Cambridge on starting and editing a poetry magazine. Gerry Cambridge reflects on the pleasures – and occasional trials –…
With the clock loudly ticking, the strain of not being able to write was disastrously compounded by the strain of…
Keep hold of, and do not apologise for, the other voice that asserts that you can do this. Whilst that…
