Blog
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8th December 2020
Inside my head are:
* Night-time: summer, a hebridean island. A seventeen year old boy who’s gone missing, and a girl of fifteen...
Developing your craft
You've been writing for a while and nearly have a full draft of a manuscript, or a collection of finished shorter pieces of work, under your belt.
Blog
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8th December 2020
Review from judge Suzanne Joinson: "I was impressed with the immediacy of this piece. It is strongly visualised and the reader is there, right...
Article
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28th October 2020
Vanessa
Gebbie has won numerous awards for her short fiction including a Bridport
Prize. An extract of her novel, The
Coward’s Tale, won the Daily...
Article
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28th October 2020
Bloomsbury author Stephen Kelman offers his advice to aspiring writers. Stephen is the author of Pigeon English, which was shortlisted for the Man...
Article
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28th October 2020
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over 60 books, including the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.
Article
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15th September 2020
1. The characters have to be believable and relatable with a real sense of depth.
2. Every character has to exist for a reason – I had ‘...