The secret price of success when… (please don’t copy this article)
If you think this article has a weird name (The secret price of success when…), you are right. It is[…]
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Author: Matthew Brown
Matthew is a writer, web dev, and geek from Kent (UK). He is the founder and current chair of Thanet Creative as well as head geek for Author Buzz. His ambitions include seeing a film or TV series based on something he wrote. Matt is also responsible for fixing stuff on AuthorBuzz.co.uk when it breaks.
Inspiration for your NaNoWriMo attempt
As most of you know November is NaNoWriMo month. The month in which we try to write a fresh novel.[…]
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One surprising trick to make your descriptions pop
Writing description for a story – either you love it or you hate it. Either way, as writers, description is[…]
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The price of success as a sequel seed
At the end of your story, your protagonist and their friends should have achieved some elements of success. As readers,[…]
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The power of what if
The most powerful tool a writer has is the line of questions that begin “what if…?”. For example: What if[…]
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Thanet Creative online events
Thanet Creative have started to experiment with online meetup formats. This COVID-19 thing seems unlikely to go away any time[…]
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Some books should not have sequels
Some books should stand alone. Once the story has been told, to revisit the characters would rob the narrative of[…]
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Dialogue and dialogue tags
Today we will take a look at dialogue and dialogue tags to answer some common questions. How often should we[…]
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Writing competition Hi 2020
Happy London Press are running a nationwide writing competition for unpublished writers. Clare Newton of Happy London Press told me[…]
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Writers explore research for fiction
Fiction is, by its very nature, something you make up but that does not mean that research cannot play a[…]
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The challenges of first-person perspective
Thanks to Jason for this suggestion, we are going to take a deeper dive into the complexities and questions that[…]
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Story endings good and bad
I have been challenged to write about story endings. Which, if I am honest, I do not feel so confident[…]
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