First third person point of view
My method of ensuring a firm point of view character.
My method of ensuring a firm point of view character.
Sometimes critical comments open plot opportunities.
Point of view head hopping
Moorland, sanctuary or prison?
Writing novels is fun at every stage but it’s like building yachts, the biggest job is to get the hull laid up but it represents only about a quarter of the cost. The real money […]
Advice from the masters
Inspiration is from ordinary people
In 1820, a brooding suspicion lay over the whole country. There were many discharged soldiers unemployed and bitter at the way they had been treated after fighting Napoleon. There were also many, just as bitter, […]
After the showI’ve started to lay out the follow on from Best in Show in Cairndhu. The opening comes with Broon making his way home from work and meeting Jinks, the postman. Jinks gives Broon […]
I’m afraid I missed out on submitting for the Writers Magazine 500 words last month but I liked the brief. It asked for a short story that included – something the characters, especially the protagonist […]