Fiction

Article

2 min read

19th March 2015

Edited

3rd November 2021

Are you currently writing a novel, but feel unsure of how to start and - more importantly - how to finish? Writing can be a lonely process and, with...

Article

4 min read

Seven Tips For Writing Short Stories

Eliza Robertson

18th March 2015

Edited

13th October 2020

Eliza Robertson, author of acclaimed collection Wallflowers and winner of the 2013 Commonwealth short story prize, shares her advice on writing...

Article

6 min read

Historical Fiction Isn’t History, It’s Better

Helen Watts

11th March 2015

Edited

8th October 2020

Author Helen Watts and her quest to make children love historical fiction. Far from being dull or turgid, historical fiction is exciting and full of...

Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller

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6 min read

Writing Dual Narratives

Claire Fuller

26th February 2015

Edited

14th October 2020

Gone Girl, How to be Both, Instructions for a Heatwave: everyone’s at it - using dual or multiple narratives to interweave two or more stories...

Article

10 min read

So You Want to Write A Thriller?

Michelle Spring

17th February 2015

Edited

12th October 2020

So you want to write a thriller – a psychological thriller, a crime thriller, a paranormal thriller, a romantic thriller – any kind of thriller at...

Article

5 min read

How Setting Can Create Tension

Kate Riordan

9th February 2015

Edited

15th September 2020

Perhaps the most obvious way of doing this is by positioning characters in opposition to nature, usually in a place unfamiliar to them. The wind...