Fiction is, by its very nature, something you make up but that does not mean that research cannot play a part in your preperation. Why research for fiction? Before we look at researching for fiction, we need to first understand … Continue reading Writers explore research for fiction
Thanks to Jason for this suggestion, we are going to take a deeper dive into the complexities and questions that arise from using the first-person perspective with the past tense. The problems and possible solutions to them. This is a … Continue reading The challenges of first-person perspective
I have been challenged to write about story endings. Which, if I am honest, I do not feel so confident writing about. I know when endings are good. I can try and work out why I feel an ending is … Continue reading Story endings good and bad
In this post, I am going to try and cover all of the suggested topic “how to create three-dimensional major characters, versus two-dimensional minor characters”. Thanks to Allan for suggesting this topic. I am not confident I can do this … Continue reading How to create three-dimensional characters
For reasons I am going to explain, today we take a dive into tenses and narrative viewpoints. I recently asked in our Facebook group for topic ideas to write about. One of the requests was for an article about tenses … Continue reading The use of tenses and narrative viewpoints
Thanet Creative is proud to announce its online writing skills learning centre. Free form writing (free) Modelled around the way we run in-person sessions, our first course is a self-directed collaborative learning space. We might not be able to meet … Continue reading Thanet Creative Skills Centre