Archive for the ‘Character’ Category
How to create a character that lives
20 Sep 2019HOW TO CREATE A CHARACTER THAT LIVES This week I talked to Bonnie D Graham on her radio programme Read…
The GOATS method for writing and editing
10 Aug 2018How to write powerful stories using the GOATS method. Great stories possess great power. Whether fiction, movies, TV or theatre,…
14 ways to develop characters your readers will love
23 May 2018Or develop characters they’ll hate… envy… admire… care about… Character is at the heart of every story – whether for…
Darkness in the Pacific: Review – Black Water by Louise Doughty
02 Mar 2018Review: Black Water by Louise Doughty. Agents, publishers, books on writing tell you to write about nice characters who grow…
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.…
How to weave research into a screenplay
24 Mar 2015Jacob Berry writes: I am writing a documentary screenplay on witchcraft in the American Pentecostal church, which occurred back in…
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,…
Writing a gripping thriller
21 Oct 2014I’m delighted to be talking about Writing a Gripping Thriller for Hayley McKenzie’s blog ScriptAngel – you can read the opening below. Hayley…
Review: Straight White Male
10 Oct 2014Straight White Male by John Niven My rating: 4 of 5 stars How do you succeed in creating a difficult…
