Writer’s intuition is that shapeless, near-wordless instinct that tells you how stories work. Intuition has you cut out a line without quite knowing why, add a moment that no-one else could think of, or hold something back for later even though you don’t even really know what’s going to happen later. But useful as intuition
Villains are one of the great gifts of fiction; inarguably antagonistic forces against which we can nurture a private, justified animosity safe in the knowledge that thousands of other readers hate them exactly as much as we do: O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain! – William Shakespeare, Hamlet Yet nothing grabs a reader like a
Like it or not, names have a huge influence over how we perceive their bearers. The right name can establish a character’s aims or personality before they’ve spoken a single word. What’s in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet.– William Shakespeare Not if you called ‘em
Every author hopes for a large, vocal fan base, but in an age where the internet makes starting a community as easy as starting a conversation, many are finding that their readers have gone further than they ever expected. It’s not unusual for particularly rich worlds and characters to inspire fan fiction. These stories, penned
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