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Archive for the ‘Novels’ Category

• The roller-coaster ride of publishing a novel

  04 Jul 2019

  THE ROLLER-COASTER RIDE OF PUBLISHING A NOVEL It’s not often that a writer gets to blow his own trumpet, but…

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• Openings

  19 Jun 2019

  Openings It was like they weren’t there. This is the opening sentence of my novel The Breaking of Liam Glass.…

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• 7 steps that make a satisfying ending

  17 May 2019

  7 steps that make a satisfying ending In 2000 the movie What Lies Beneath opened to mixed reviews. Despite a…

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• Has Amazon deleted your reviews?

  04 Apr 2019

  Has Amazon deleted your reviews? A few weeks ago I wrote a blog in which I said how important reviews…

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• From Hampstead to Hollywood (and back)

  16 Jan 2019

  Hampstead to Hollywood How telling tales has taken me round the world. 7.30 pm Monday February 25th 2019 West End…

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• Rules for novelists writing rules for novelists

  21 Nov 2018

  Many writers have handed down their golden rules for novelists. There seems to come a moment in every writer’s life…

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• Wants and Needs in writing

  06 Sep 2018

  Wants and Needs in Writing It’s a busy month. To start it off I’m preparing for London Screenwriters’ Festival this…

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• Living on the edge

  16 Aug 2018

  Living on the edge. It was one of these special places on the edge of things. Where you place a…

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• The GOATS method for writing and editing

  10 Aug 2018

  How to write powerful stories using the GOATS method. Great stories possess great power. Whether fiction, movies, TV or theatre,…

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• Small things can be important too

  13 Jun 2018

  Small things can be important too. Sometimes, I sweat for an hour over a paragraph, a line of dialogue, a…

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