Posts Tagged with ‘character’
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Can you help me with my research?
25 May 2024HELP WITH RESEARCH I believe good research is the backbone of a good novel. For previous and upcoming books, I’ve…
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Oy veh! Jewface casting?
17 Dec 2021JEWFACE CASTING There was a massive fuss this autumn when a major Hollywood movie came out. A white actor played…
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The 5 Best True Crime Books of 2019
07 Jan 2020For the first post of the year, I’m delighted to welcome guest-blogger Desiree Villena, a lifelong true crime aficionado. Today…
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Paris by noir – Review: Clementina by Simon Cann
13 Jun 2019Paris by noir – review: Clementina by Simon Cann Last week I wrote about honesty in writing – how it…
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What I learned from the World Cup
21 Jun 2018Bored with the World Cup? Take another look. Football has probably taught me more about people and psychology than anything…
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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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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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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 full article…
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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…
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Use the Bake Off rule to improve your scripts
19 Aug 2014Bake Off is back. But is there something we can learn from the series’ success? Aside from how to bake a…
