Tag: Writing advice
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Anthony Horowitz on murder mystery twists
Anthony Horowitz is so eloquent and enthusiastic in this discussion of twists in murder mysteries. At under fifteen minutes, this video clip and is packed with information. Penguin have summarised some of the key points from the interview in this article on their website, and I’ve jotted down some of my own notes further down,…
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Solid writing advice from this Netflix romcom
On the weekend I watched the romantic comedy Set It Up, a 2018 Netflix film, with my partner and a friend. It was great fun and had some excellent lines – I would recommend the watch! However, it was the unexpected writing advice that caught my attention in particular. The scene starts at about the…
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Show your villain is powerful without killing your hero: 4 options
Hero vs villain. Good vs evil. Protagonist vs antagonist. Friend vs foe. How can we make our villains big and bad and dangerous without wiping out our main character in the first scene? That’d make for a rather short and unsatisfying story. Where’s the drama, the tension, the stakes?! It hardly gives us time to…
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