Writing Outside the Box

Third person is another more common perspective, alongside first person. This means using the pronouns 'he', 'she', 'they', etc. So why...

Second person is much more obscure in story writing. This means using the pronouns 'you', 'your', 'yourself', etc. So why write in the...

First person is one of the most common perspectives to write your story in. This means using the pronouns 'I', 'me', 'my', etc. So why...

Realistically, the more relatable your character is, the more likely people are to keep reading your story. There are certain ways to do...

This week's reading focus was The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson. Whilst it isn't as modern as the other pieces we've looked at...

One really important consideration for your piece of writing is how and when to introduce your main character. When? I think it's fair to...

In this post, I am going to be focusing on how to give your character a background. This week's reading does this particularly well, and...

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....