How to create leading secondary characters

Writing secondary characters that stand out from the crowd  It’s been lovely chatting to so many of you about the Ultimate Novel Writing Course this…

Esther 29 June 2021

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Bears with muskets

Here’s how writing works: You get an idea for a story (or, actually, a book of almost any kind.) You write it down. In one…

Harry 25 June 2021

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Self-editing webinar – members only

Hello folks We’ve got another self-editing webinar coming up on 6 July at 19:00 (UK time.) If you want to submit some work for me…

Harry 25 June 2021

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE: Introducing The Liverpool Literary Agency, and founder Clare Coombes

Happy Wednesday, all! Today I am excited to share with you a little bit about a new and upcoming agency that is really opening doors…

Thea 23 June 2021

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Applications for The Ultimate Novel Writing Course are now open!

Write a publishable novel in a year  It’s called ‘Ultimate’ for a reason – our flagship, year-long Ultimate Novel Writing Course begins with a novel…

Esther 22 June 2021

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Sharing feedback and raising issues with us

Hi everyone, I wanted to firstly draw your attention to a couple of additions we’ve made to our community rules. We try to keep a…

Holly 21 June 2021

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Life, story and the need for corsets

It’s easy to think that because life permits something, then story must too. After all, stories are allowed things like starships, unicorns and Dr Evil,…

Harry 18 June 2021

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How to make money from Amazon Ads

Our latest video course has landed!¬† As well as two Summer Festival of Writing events this week, we also have a brand-new video course, exclusively…

Esther 15 June 2021

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Call My Agents – better still they’ll call you!

If you have been anything like me this last year, you have likely been typing away at the keyboard ‚Äì with one eye on the…

Polly 14 June 2021

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Thwackum, Squeers and Griffiths

Back in the day, a top author – such as Henry Fielding, who died in 1754 – would enjoy giving some of his characters names…

Harry 11 June 2021

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