Tag Archives: Characterisation

Margo Reveals What it’s like inside a ROR Crit Week!

by admin Posted on February 6, 2012

From Margo … A Deepening ROR—a wRiters On the Rise workshop, from the inside First there’s a bit of foreplay. Someone pipes up online: “When’s the next ROR?” Someone at the other end of the country: “I’ll have a novel … Continue reading →

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The Inner Life of a Successful Writer

by admin Posted on October 29, 2011

Back in the late nineties after I had my first children’s book published I wrote up a Beginning Writer’s Checklist (here’s the updated version). Recently, I came across this post The Common Traits of the Successful Writer by Bob Mayer, … Continue reading →

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Ghosts by Gaslight!

by admin Posted on September 14, 2011

Stop Press! Richard says: Just received some great news from my French publisher. They want me to go over for the Montreuil Book Fair, plus some bookshop signings and schools. They’ll fly me over at the end of November and … Continue reading →

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Grab that reader in the first 10 minutes

by admin Posted on November 27, 2010

There’s a saying in movies that you have to grab the viewer in the first ten minutes. Next time you’re watching your favourite movies take a look at what has happened by the ten minute mark. By the time those … Continue reading →

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Finding your Character’s Voice

by admin Posted on October 26, 2010

This is a Sunday Craft post that’s turning up on a Wednesday. The VISION list has been discussing how writers find their character’s voice, so I thought I’d ask the RORees for their insights. Richard Harland: How do I find … Continue reading →

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Writing for Young Adults

by admin Posted on October 13, 2010

Today we have Lara Morgan doing a guest post. Lara’s book, The Rosie Black Chronicles is published by Walker Books. We’ll be giving away a copy of Lara’s book, so watch out for the give-away question at the end of … Continue reading →

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Male Characters and Male Readers or What do men really want in a book?

by admin Posted on August 14, 2010

Following on from the recent discussion on the blogs about YA readership, books for girls with strong female characters and books for boys with identifiable male characters I thought I’d dip into character construction, specifically male characters for male readers, … Continue reading →

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