Posts Tagged with ‘novel’
So what’s so special about Scrivener? Review – Road Test
23 Feb 2018Scrivener review road test: What’s so special about Scrivener? Some people love it – a few hate it. Almost everything…
Bookstore rage: How I nearly strangled an indie bookshop manager
29 Nov 2017Yesterday I came close to inflicting serious damage on an indie bookshop manager. I’d very much like to know from…
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…
The Genre That Dare Not Speak Its Name – Review: Capital
18 Mar 2017Capital by John Lanchester My rating: 5 of 5 stars Satire is the genre that dare not speak its name…
Review: Killers in mascara
05 Nov 2014Killers in mascara by Huw Collingbourne My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m in the middle of this unusually entertaining…
Seven ways of writing dialogue that stands out from the crowd
19 Apr 2014I received an email this week from a novelist who wanted to learn more about becoming a screenwriter and in…
Canaletto, Gaugin, Cezanne, Dickens and Screenwriting
26 Jan 2011I managed to get to three of the biggest exhibitions in town this January and took time off to read…
A surprising way to be a Great Writer
21 Jul 2010What is it that makes a great writer great? What can we learn from them and hope to emulate? OK, it's that time of year and maybe the heat's got to me, but I'm starting a list - my Top Ten Attributes displayed by the greatest writers - those I admire and honour. I don't mean that they use or don't use adverbs or three act structure. This is much more personal. And like every list it is totally fallible and biased and mainly intended to annoy, irritate and make people foam at the mouth.
