Making Magic Everyday
“Magical realism is a literary device or way of seeing in which there is space for the invisible forces that…
YA Or Not YA, That Is The Question
Young Adult Fiction is popular with young and old alike. But why is it that only some YA is considered…
Writing Series: Challenges and Considerations
Whether you're writing for children or adults, crime or romance it's essential to consider how your characters, plot and structure…
Get to Grips with Narrative Design and Structure
Narrative design and structure are among the most complex and crucial issues a writer faces in the development of a…
Hearing Yourself Think: The Use of Voice in Fiction
All characters in a work of fiction need their own voice: their own way of speaking and thinking that makes…
Getting Hot and Bothered
Writing steamy sex scenes might be a core part of your work or a topic that you're too scared to…
Hearing Our Footprints: A Conversation With Maualaivao Albert Wendt
“ We can’t rewalk the exact footprints we make in the stories of our lives but we’ll hear again our…
Writing Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Point of View
Point of view is the crucial technical challenge for the fiction writer, and raises many issues for the memoirist or…
Writing Short
In this interactive workshop we'll look at two examples of very short stories (Teju Cole’s Twitter work 'Seven Short Stories…
Creating 3D Characters
Writers get conflicting advice on whether they should write about what they know or whether they should invent. One of the…