Tips
Making Meaning
Sometimes, when we think about our story or book we get distracted by the plot. We list and describe what happens….
Kerry Young has written three novels, Pao, Gloria and Show Me A Mountain, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, Commonwealth Book Prize, Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the East Midlands Book Award.
Tips
Sometimes, when we think about our story or book we get distracted by the plot. We list and describe what happens….
Exercises
Using different coloured post-its. Choose a colour (say pink) and write the central themes of your story on separate post-its. For…
Tips
To be authentic, and have an authentic voice, we must write from our experience. We take what was or is real…
Exercises
Think of a ‘true’ incident in your past. An incident in which something mattered. Maybe it was the moment you realised…
Tips
A story/book has themes. It is about something – for example love, loss, grief, happiness, forgiveness, guilt, the meaning…
Exercises
Write a synopsis of your story/book. But write it more like a storyline. Detail the series of events, over time. Make…
Tips
When you start to write fiction, you have to know what happens in your story: the main events, the twists and…
Exercises
Read a piece of your own writing, maybe a chapter of a WIP or a short story. Read it as if…
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