Meet Leanne C Taylor, games writer and lecturer on interactive narrative. This is Part One of a two part piece on writing for computer games. The second part will be posted on Tuesday. A beginner’s guide to writing for games … Continue reading
I promised more writing tips on steampunk and/or Alternate History. Perhaps these are tips, perhaps just ramblings. I’ll decorate them with some steampunk-style USB memory sticks, mostly available for purchase on the net. I used to show the image of … Continue reading
My last post was about writing books – and I realised as I composed that post that while I don’t hunt down books about writing anymore, a big part of the reason why is because of all the amazing resources … Continue reading
Kylie has kindly offered a Giveaway of her latest book ‘Hell to Heaven’ for one lucky reader of this blog.(See the question at the bottom of this post). When I originally started the Dark Heavens series I had a basic … Continue reading
Something that Richard said in his post during the week got me thinking about characterisation. ‘I find I’m creating characters in pairs or multiples or contexts – they only exist when they start bouncing off one another, or bouncing off … Continue reading
I’ve been somewhat lax here of late, mainly because I haven’t been lax in writing the third Death Works Book – it’s become my morning afternoon and evening these last few weeks, which is fun because I love watching my … Continue reading
Hi! This doesn’t relate to anything – except a discussion elsewhere, on whether you eventually get to a stage in writing where creation becomes more difficult because you’ve used up all your best settings, your best story ideas, your best … Continue reading
In my teens, otherwise known as ‘the first decade of producing manuscripts’ I read my way through piles and piles of writing magazines, hungry to absorb anything that anyone could tell me about technique, exercises to hone my craft, and … Continue reading
Richard has has just come back from his UK and US tour to promote his YA steampunk book, Worldshaker. There is something very alluring about steampunk. It takes us back to an Antique Future. For Richard’s definiton and discussion of … Continue reading
The difference between Plot and Theme. The plot is what happens in the book, the theme is the underlying idea/s being explored in the book. If you are anything like me, you will find yourself coming back to explore certain … Continue reading