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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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.
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Happy London Press are running a nationwide writing competition for unpublished writers.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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How to create three-dimensional characters
In this post, I am going to try and cover all of the suggested topic “how to create three-dimensional major[…]
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The use of tenses and narrative viewpoints
For reasons I am going to explain, today we take a dive into tenses and narrative viewpoints. I recently asked[…]
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Thanet Creative Skills Centre
Thanet Creative is proud to announce its online writing skills learning centre. Free form writing (free) Modelled around the way[…]
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Social engagement boost
Thanet Creative is running a social engagement boost experiment. You can join in to get more engagement on a social[…]
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Make your Word Processor work harder
Most writers use a word processor to type up or write directly. Here are some tips to work smarter not[…]
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