Fiction

Article

15 min read

27th July 2012

Edited

24th January 2021

Malorie Blackman looks at the different genres of children’s books with a view to helping writers decide what kind of story they could write.

Article

3 min read

Developing Your Style: Part II

Derek Neale

27th July 2012

Edited

13th October 2020

Creative Writing Lecturer Derek Neale - in the second piece in his four-part 'Developing Your Style' series - on the thought process behind selecting...

Article

3 min read

Developing Your Style: Part III

Derek Neale

27th July 2012

Edited

13th October 2020

Creative Writing Lecturer Derek Neale - in this third piece in his four-part 'Developing Your Style' series - on the importance of establishing your...

Blog

4 min read

Crime Writing- Doing Your Research

Claire McGowan

18th June 2012

Edited

8th December 2020

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,...

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Blog

5 min read

But is it criminal?

Claire McGowan

29th May 2012

Edited

8th December 2020

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...

2 comments

Blog

2 min read

Blue Pencil #6

Wanda Whiteley

9th May 2012

Edited

8th December 2020

An Oxford undergraduate, Samantha Shannon, has just been offered a six figure, three book deal by Bloomsbury. Such news can make us older writers...

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