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The All-Important First Chapter

When writing my debut novel, Freedom for Me: A Chinese Yankee, I struggled mightily with the opening chapter. I knew I wanted to place my protagonist, Thomas, in the middle of a battle to give the book a dramatic opening and lay the groundwork for...

Why Diversity is Important and How You Can Get it Right: Part Two

Characters are people. Even when a character is a dog or an exotic alien, we are still writing about the human experience from a human perspective. The most important detail to keep in mind when creating characters is that people are people well before they...

Why Diversity is Important and How You Can Get it Right: Part One

The last few years have shown a growing trend towards diversity in both the characters featured in books as well as the authors writing them. This movement is still gaining momentum, but the contrast it’s already produced in the world of fiction novels is striking. However,...

The Brevity of Love

I recently had the pleasure of reading Straight Uphill: A Tale of Love and Chocolate by Jess Wells. It was a story about a mother who had recently lost her son in a bus accident. After everything that’s happened, she decides to go to Italy, where...

The Art Of Good Storytelling

Many writers do not pay a great deal of time to the art of storytelling in their novels. But it is the creation of the story that will really catch a publisher's eye, and make them request your manuscript to read. Your story has to...

The Mythical Spirits of Venezuela

In How to Write a Unique Spooky Story, I wrote about how to write a unique spooky story by either creating your own monster, creature, or horror yourself or by finding a monster that is not well known. I advised finding a monster by researching...

Monsters of Poland

In How to Write a Unique Spooky Story, I wrote about how to write a unique spooky story by either creating your own monster, creature, or horror yourself or by finding a monster that is not well known. I advised finding a monster by researching...

Writing Violence

If you have ever written an action or crime novel, then you realise the importance of writing realistic acts of violence. Knowing the key ingredients needed, you can create violence that the reader can empathise with and relate to. It is vital that when you...

The Darkness of a Portrait: Dorian Gray

Morality is a funny thing. Whether that be seen through the eyes of a bystander, or through the protagonist themselves, there’s no doubt that everyone has a moral compass. However, when we’re led astray, we try to blame our fall on someone else, despite the...

The Sorrow of Edgar Allen Poe

One of the most time honored writers in American history was also the one who laid the foundations for the Gothic genre. From his dark, dreary poems, to his nostalgic phrases, to his eerie short stories, there’s no doubt that Edgar Allen Poe has made...