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Yet again we have the chance to talk to a great writer with a strong passion for his writing and he talked to us about his writing career.
Charles Harris is an award-winning UK director and best-selling author and his responses are not just interesting but inspiring…
This week’s blog by Charles Harris
Openings
It was like they weren’t there.
Books’ openings are crucial. As readers, we use them to judge, decide to buy, perhaps not buy. Amazon has done many things, good and bad, but one of the best is that you can now read the openings of millions of books – probably the majority of books currently on sale.
But how do we judge? Most of us judge the first pages of a book on instinct – but maybe we can do better than that.
Charles on The Breaking of Liam Glass
Charles’ interviews on TV and radio
Charles Harris’ books
Charles Harris’ satirical noir thriller The Breaking of Liam Glass has received five star reviews and hit the Amazon genre best-seller lists.
The novel has also been nominated for two awards – the Wishing Shelf book award for fiction and the 2018 Eyelands International Book Award.
“An intensely addictive page turner” – Liz Barnsley – lizlovesbooks.com
Teach Yourself: Complete Screenwriting Course takes you through the process of writing and editing from before you start to after you finish. It has reached the top two for TV Screenwriting books on Amazon and top five for cinema and sold over 6,000 copies in large format worldwide.
Recommended reading on MA courses.
Jaws in Space: Powerful Pitching for Film and TV
Filled with tips, tricks and industry information on pitching and selling screenplays for fiction and documentary, single dramas and series, Jaws in Space is an Amazon best-seller. Recommended on MA courses.
The Cupboard – seven unusual short stories, plus bonus novella The Procedure
“Had me gripped” – Lyn Moffett
“Unique and fascinating” – Brian Moyo
“Constantly surprising” – Spiros Kagadis
What the police really say. Funny and revealing. A stocking filler for your favourite crime reader or writer (or criminal!)
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