by Charlie Laidlaw | Apr 6, 2022 | Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing, show and tell, Writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers A novel is a work of dramatic art, just like a play, film or TV drama. To convey mood or tension, a film has dialogue, gesture and music. But a novel has to conjure mood and tension from words alone. It’s in...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Nov 16, 2021 | character writing, Creative writing courses, Writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Your only task as an author is to write stories that people will want to read. To keep them turning pages to find out what happens next. But we mostly engage with books because we engage with their...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Nov 14, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Some authors will say that the names of their characters matter. Others will say that it doesn’t matter. Nevertheless, most authors spend a great deal of time thinking up names for their characters. It’s a...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Nov 11, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing, writing inspiration
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and course tutor at Creating Writers According to surveys, most people would like to write a book. The trouble is that while many people have a vague idea for that book, it often remains just that. A vague idea. The fact is 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 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...
