Fiction

How To Avoid Writing A Redshirt Character - A meteor is about to strike an unaware character wearing a red shirt reminiscent of Star Trek.
Writing
Robert Wood

How To Avoid Writing A Redshirt Character

Sometimes, the best way to prove that something in your story is dangerous is to throw a character at it. Want to show how threatening a character or situation is? Have them immediately kill someone, because who could deny that evidence? Of course, it’d be a shame to use up a real character just to

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6 Ways Salman Rushdie Can Improve Your Writing - Salman Rushdie stands thinking about the flags of India and the UK.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

6 Ways Salman Rushdie Can Improve Your Writing

Salman Rushdie is well known for his outspoken nature and the deadly fatwa issued in answer to his work. His novel Midnight’s Children won several awards and made it onto Modern Library’s 100 best novels list, but many are also familiar with the book that sent him into hiding, The Satanic Verses, and his riveting,

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7 Ways Caitlin Moran Can Help You Improve Your Writing - Caitlin Moran waves at the reader.
Publishing
Robert Wood

7 Ways Caitlin Moran Can Help You Improve Your Writing

To gaze upon the accomplishments of Caitlin Moran is to flirt with a jealously that may take a lifetime to fade. At various times awarded Columnist of the Year, Interviewer of the Year, Critic of the Year, Cultural Commentator of the Year, Writer of the Year, and Ultimate Writer of the Year, Moran has worked

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How (And When) To Stop Front-Loading Your Story - A character pedals a bike, the front basket laden with packages.
Writing
Robert Wood

How (And When) To Stop Front-Loading Your Story

Editing your story is, if we’re honest, more than half the battle of completing it. The first draft is a rush of creativity, but it’s in the editing that you turn it into a well-oiled machine that (crucially) is more concerned with entertaining the reader than acting as an outlet for the author. The technical,

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