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Happy London Press are running a nationwide writing competition for unpublished writers.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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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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