Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
A True Story
True story: there I was, trapped under a five foot thick concrete beam, breathing in poisonous chlorine fumes, and receiving an electric...
‘The first draft is just you telling yourself the story’
I once found myself within a foot or so of the famous ‘Discworld’ author, Terry Pratchett. Through a series of extraordinary events, I...
The Writer Who Listens to Readers
I was once fortunate enough to speak with Monty Roberts at one of his shows in the 1990s. Roberts is an American horse trainer who...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
The Power of Narrative Frames
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a good example of how a narrative can be structured so that the reader can be both drawn into the...
Putting Together a Pitch
After the blurb comes the pitch. The ‘pitch’ is a fuller synopsis of your story. You’ll need this to talk to agents or publishers. You’ll...
A Moment of Reminiscence
It’s hard to remember now what life was like forty or so years ago: no computers (except for vast, bulky machines locked in vaults, with...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...