Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category
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How to avoid the crime fiction trap
25 Nov 2015Crime is the post popular genre in fiction and on screen today, but many writers fall into the crime fiction trap.…
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Review: Rivers of London
18 Oct 2015Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just came across this lovely off-beat fantasy crime…
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How not to write a dark story – The Judge
05 Dec 2014The new Robert Downey Jnr, Robert Duvall movie The Judge brilliantly shows how to write a dark story of bitter relationships. Unfortunately,…
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Review: Killers in mascara
05 Nov 2014Killers in mascara by Huw Collingbourne My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m in the middle of this unusually entertaining…
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Amber ending: How they could have broken the rules and succeeded
04 Jul 2014Were you made red with range over the ending of the often excellent mini-series Amber – or did you feel it was…
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The Detective Trap
07 Dec 2011When I started writing crime and police scripts and novels I received great feedback. They were well written, strongly structured, highly visual. But there was a problem. Once I solved that problem...
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What is it about research?
12 Jul 2010What is it about research? I know that every minute spent on research is worth an hour doing anything else. Talking to people, in person, on the phone; reading books; checking out web sites; watching documentaries - it's all part of the job. And yet something stops me.
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Policeman mistook drink carton for weapon
24 Mar 2010Yesterday's Guardian headline: Policeman who hit G20 protester with baton mistook drink carton for weapon... You couldn't make it up. This is why I love satire but they do make it difficult for us. Check it out (I won't even stoop to mentioning the PC's name).
