Archive for the ‘Technique’ Category
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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…
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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…
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The challenge of finding subtext in interrogations
09 Feb 2018Unusual dialogue: subtext in interrogations: I’ve written a number of articles on dialogue and subtext but this week playwright Sarah…
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What book blurbs really mean
03 Nov 2017When the Man Booker shortlist was announced earlier this year, Andrew Holgate of the Sunday Times noted how the judges…
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Review: Two O’Clock Boy – Mark Hill
24 Apr 2017From Line of Duty to Jack Reacher… …crime is the thing nowadays – but the challenge is to find a…
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Historical drama on screen – to write or not to write?
09 Dec 2016Historical drama is big in TV and film at the moment, but is it a good idea to write one?…
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How the gurus who teach “show don’t tell” could ruin your treatment
09 Nov 2016All screenwriting gurus teach “Show don’t tell” – it’s one of the few things they all agree on. How can…
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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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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…
