by Charlie Laidlaw | Nov 6, 2021 | getting started on writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers To succeed as a writer your book must have a structure that works, and it must be told in a way that is engaging for the reader. A simple structure might be: you set the scene, and stuff happens that...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 28, 2021 | Writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers A trick you have to master, based on the books you enjoy, the genres you read, your creative ideas, and the X-Factor of inspiration, is to find your “voice.” In a literary context, “voice” seems an...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 20, 2021 | Creative writing courses, getting started on writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers All books involve conflict of some sort otherwise there would be no point in writing them, or for anybody else to read them. However, there are different sorts of conflict, several of which may appear in a...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 18, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Every book has a beginning, middle, and an end. Put simply, a book is a series of events that move the story from A to Z. The journey from A to Z resolves the conflict that is at the heart of the story. Each...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 16, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Many people confuse “plot” and “story.” However, “plot” is the sequence of events that comprise the story. “Story” is what the novel is about, and novels can have multiple storylines. For example, a novel...
