writing tips – Rereading Jane Eyre

#MondayBlogs ‘Write from the heart’ #WritingTips @BathFlashAward #FlashFiction

I was recently browsing the Bath Flash Awards website when I came across an interview with this edition’s (March-June 2019) Flash Fiction Award Judge, Christopher Allen. You can read the whole interview here. It was the final question and answer that has mesmerised me all weekend. I quote the question and answer here: Any finalContinue reading “#MondayBlogs ‘Write from the heart’ #WritingTips @BathFlashAward #FlashFiction”

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Writing Dialogue in Fiction #writingtips #amwriting #writerslife

I love writing dialogue and I include plenty of dialogue in my novels, but I also find it’s one of the hardest parts to get just right. Writing the dialogue itself isn’t so demanding, it’s padding it with all the necessary contextual information within a novel that causes the problems. Here are some notes I’veContinue reading “Writing Dialogue in Fiction #writingtips #amwriting #writerslife”