Sanjida Kay is the author of three psychological thrillers: Bone by Bone, which was longlisted for a Steel Dagger award, The Stolen Child and My Mother’s Secret.
Tips
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton’s third law of motion could equally apply to fiction as…
Exercises
Thrillers need to be page-turners with cracking plots, plenty of twists and great characters (particularly in psychological thrillers). They also need…
Tips
‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’
The wonderful opening line in Rebecca by Daphne…
Exercises
Write a short scene involving two characters. They’re working together on a task or doing something relatively innocuous, such as having…
Tips
I’m usually impressed by the calibre of writing on Arvon courses. What lets some writers down is not so much their…
Exercises
As a prompt to get you started, choose a picture from a magazine or a postcard; or throw a couple of…
