Developing your craft

Nowhere is this more vital than in the revision phase of a book. The last few passes of a raw manuscript are, to me, as important as the...

This year my first and last book on the craft of writing was published. It’s called Writing: A User Manual and is now out in print and ebook in...

I don’t mean that to sound lazy - I worked very hard on the book. But I know the dangers of research too. You can get far too interested,...

Sustained interest is usually created by two elements: 1. A need to find out what’s happening, and 2: caring about the people it’s happening...

When I started writing The Fall, I was in a state of what I like to describe now as ‘happy ignorance’. I was just telling the story I...

As with film, a bad script will let the production down. And games companies are now increasingly recruiting writers with film and TV...