Writing Outside the Box

This week we are looking at characterisation. This means how to create believable characters, how much you should know about your...

This is the last post specifically on dialogue for a while, but next week we'll be focusing on character. Characterisation and dialogue...

I have talked about Meat by Terry Bisson a lot this week, and who could blame me? It's a fabulous piece of writing! You can find it here...

Now we've talked about why dialogue is important, it's time to think about writing some. So what are my top tips for writing dialogue? 1....

So you might have done some of the dialogue prompts I suggested in my last prompt, but you might still be thinking 'why should I use...

Another great prompt comes in the form of using old stories and tales in order to create new work. This can be fairy tales, mythology,...

The next type of prompt I'm going to be discussing is something that I used to use all the time as a child. I'd get family members to...