Dedicated Genre Advice

You are interested in articles on specific writing genres; e.g. historical fiction, crime, children's, speculative fiction etc. (Influenced by genre tags above)

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Making It Funny: Writing Comedy Retreat

Nigel Planer

29th February 2016

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5th August 2022

Comedian, actor and writer Nigel Planer shares his thoughts on writing comedy ahead of his summer teaching comedy course at Casa Ana, a writing...

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The Value of Poetry in Today's Society

anna vaught

23rd February 2016

Edited

5th October 2020

Why poetry is of important value in today's society.

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Writing Romantic Comedy: More Than Meets The Eye

Cathy Bramley

10th February 2016

Edited

15th October 2020

Author Cathy Bramley discusses the idea of romantic comedy being an easy genre to write, and outlines the challenges that writers face in keeping...

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Why I Write Romantic Comedy

Milly Johnson

9th February 2016

Edited

15th October 2020

Bestselling romance novelist Milly Johnson discusses why she writes romantic comedy and what the genre means to her.

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Themes

William Ryan

24th November 2015

Edited

12th October 2020

They say it’s all about the story and the characters and that theme is an unnecessary affectation. Nonetheless many successful crime novels...

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The Novelist as Detective: Searching for Fiction in Non-Fiction

Jenny Hubbard

4th November 2015

Edited

4th August 2022

Award-winning writer Jenny Hubbard discusses drawing on the world around you as inspiration for works of fiction.