The book I'm working on has two characters, one main heroine and the other is a male 'bit-part'. I'm not sure how long he will be hanging around but while he is around my character is chatting to him. Understandably she has, up to now, had an internal dialogue with herself. So how do I… Continue reading Dialogue and internal musings
Category: Masters tales
Anything about the Masters in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting
Where do you work?
I have a wooden workshop. It is 20ft by 10ft and a place I love to work... Well, normally, except it is winter. It takes about an hour to warm the place up as it is one room. I haven't installed a gas heater and am reliant on a single electric radiator. Don't get me… Continue reading Where do you work?
How do you find ideas?
I see them when I'm not looking. They are in the shadows in the corner of the room, or behind the unwanted balloon in the play room. They are never there when I need them. When my body screams for a new project but all I can hear is silence or my own heartbeat. They… Continue reading How do you find ideas?
Creative brain storms
I wish at times that my ideas would come along one at a time... Nice and orderly. In a line so that as one project is finished another takes its place and I am always working, never staring at a blank page. This doesn't happen though. Instead I find myself either searching through notebooks or… Continue reading Creative brain storms
Reality and Creativity
Sometimes I find that reality can crash into me with a resounding wallop. I reel under the blow and start to question myself and my motives. Technically the business is only just over a year old. And most of the time I am breaking even. But every now and then I find that I flounder… Continue reading Reality and Creativity
9-5…
I work from home, or rather a large purpose built studio shed in the back garden. I love the place I work and I love what I do but I can't work to a 9-5 schedule. I have tried... But I can't do it. My eyes are a little damaged and they have problems working for… Continue reading 9-5…
Dialogue vs internal musing
I have a character on a boat... She has been alone for about 15k words but suddenly she has company. True the character that she is with could be mortally wounded (I haven't decided yet), but the fact she is now talking to him means the dynamic of the story has started to change. Up… Continue reading Dialogue vs internal musing
Sickness and imagination
It's odd... I mean I have been ill for the last week. A nasty norovirus that has left me feeling bad and facing the prospect that it hasn't finished with me yet. I hope it has, but I'm not certain. That brings me to the imagination bit. You see I have been a little out… Continue reading Sickness and imagination
Children’s novels are novels
I have four stories waiting to be edited and in some cases completely rewritten. Except they aren't really stories. They are novels. Not for the adult market but for the children's one. I love the stories and I really want to get them published but they are hard work... Surely they are easier? Is something… Continue reading Children’s novels are novels
Reporting vs writing
There are points in my month where sitting down with a good book is something I just have to do... It's a compulsion... I'm an avid reader, but at this time I can read all night, grab a three hour sleep and then go write only to pick up a book again and start reading.… Continue reading Reporting vs writing
Kate Murray - Cleaver 