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Archive for the ‘Technique’ Category

  • 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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  • What makes good writing great?

    06 Jun 2019

    What makes good writing great? What sorts the Austens from the Dan Browns? The Truffauts from the Ed Woods? It’s…

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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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  • Till the trumpets crack – going beyond

    11 May 2019

    Till the trumpets crack – going beyond In the second movement of Beethoven’s masterful symphony the ‘Eroica’ the music takes…

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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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  • How to write a riveting review

    08 Mar 2019

    How to write a riveting review This week, an art that is both very new and almost as old as…

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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 A few weeks ago I wrote about my GOATS method for writing fiction and screenplays.…

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  • The two myths about keeping and breaking the rules

    29 Aug 2018

    There are two myths that go around about keeping and breaking the rules. I’m not only talking about writing –…

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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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