How Arms Trafficking Actually Works
David Packouz is a former arms trader. In this video for Business Insider, he talks about the international arms trade.[…]
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Category: Writers Explore
Writers Explore is a series of posts taking a deep dive into a single topic that writers tend to research. These articles start life in our discussion groups and are only written up when we have created a sufficient pool of research material. Writers Explore articles will carry links to articles for further reading as well as a summary of research carried out by other writers.
Writers’ research: Profiling serial killers and stalkers for New Scotland Yard
Here’s a great research video for writers who want to write about murder, police investigations, and all that sort of[…]
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Writers explore fame
Fame. What is it good for? In this article we take a writerly exploration of fame. Many of us want[…]
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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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Writers investigate: Bloody murder
What is a good crime or mystery without the presence of a dead body to really spice up the tale?[…]
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Writers Explore: Writing a Jewish character
Thanet, and particularly Ramsgate, owes some of its heritage to the local Jewish community. Most prominent of these influences is Sir Moses[…]
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Writers Explore: Disposing of a dead body
In honour of NaNoWriMo, let’s take a look at one of those topics that writers tend to Google far too[…]
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Writers Explore: Mental Illness
Mental illness is a topic that has long fascinated writers. Mental illness has been the topic of many different stories,[…]
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