A couple of interviews I’ve done recently. I hope they’re of interest. Here’s the first one, which is about The Devil’s Triangle: The second is just a general chat about writing and how I became an author:
Category > Writing Advice
The Audience Either Notice Their Butts Are Numb Or They Don’t
This is Joss Whedon: Here (via Scriptwriting in the UK) are his Top Ten Writing Tips. They’re nominally about screenwriting and film-making, but they’re relevant to any kind of storytelling. As with any set of tips for writers (such as this from Alan Moore, and this from Elmore Leonard) you may find there are some [...]
Writing to Music!
Happy New Year everybody! I got some fantastic Christmas presents this year, and amongst them were some awesome movie soundtracks. I’ve been listening to soundtracks a great deal recently, mainly ones by the legendary Hans Zimmer. I will often play the Dark Knight soundtrack on my headphones when I’m walking somewhere (it makes me walk [...]
Top 10 Writing Mistakes
Hey – I get the first post of 2011 – but that’s only because Ragnok the Disturber has kept me awake for 14 nights in a row… You may be asking – what are the top ten writing mistakes I can make? And, if you’re not – you should be… Go on… ask yourself… According [...]
Writing Tips to a Curious Reader
s I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately asking for ‘writing tips’ I thought I’d share some of what I wrote.
Write Your Own Scary Stories Part Four!
Hi everyone! It’s time to move on to Part Four of my horror-writing workshop. We’ve already had a quick look at ideas and characters, so today I want to talk about setting. As always, if you want to check out the other parts of the workshop first then you can find them here: Part One: [...]
Write Your Own Scary Stories Part Three!
Welcome to Part Three of my workshop on how to write stories so horrific that they’ll cause your granny’s false teeth to fall out and your teachers to run screaming into the broom cupboard never to emerge again. If you haven’t already seen Part One and Part Two then check these out first because they’ll [...]
The Funniest Thing in the World is… What?!
I love Roald Dahl. I really do. Not the man, obviously, because I never knew him (and I hear he could be a grumpy old rotter at times). I love his books. I love them because they are funny, because they are disgusting, because they are irreverent, because they are empowering, especially when you’re a [...]
Write Your Own Scary Stories Part Two!
Welcome to Part Two of my workshop on how to write your own scary stories! In Part One I talked about ways of finding ideas for a story by looking at your own worst fears – if you write about something that you are afraid of then it will seem genuinely terrifying to a reader! [...]
