Here’s an early plotting experiment via index card of my crime debut, The Other Twin. This was over eighteen months ago, so the narrative threads changed A LOT as I outlined, re-outlined and even returned to page one several times! The path for this one did not run smooth AT ALL. Back then, it even…
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How I Wrote ‘The Retribution of Elsie Buckle’
If you want to read more about my work and how I wrote it, then check these posts out too: How I Wrote SKYJACK (post-apocalyptic novella) How I Wrote LOVE YOU TO DEATH (short story) With more to be added, HERE as I go. Enjoy … When London Screenwriters Festival launched the search for fifty…
Continue ReadingDARK MINDS – How I wrote LOVE YOU TO DEATH
LOVE YOU TO DEATH is part of the Dark Minds anthology, a charity collection of short stories to raise money for Hospice UK and Sophie’s Appeal. Available in ebook, paperback and audiobook. Like all my stories, long or short, LOVE YOU TO DEATH is part real-life, part research-based. Before I start, I should say –…
Continue ReadingDYSTOPIAN NOVEMBER: How I Wrote SKYJACK, a post-apocalyptic novella (THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN)
When I was asked to write a novella as part of The Forgotten Women series by Tom Kerevan, writer/producer at Cannibal Films, I knew exactly what I wanted to write straight away. This is rare for me, not only because I like to road test all my concepts, characters and storylines first, but because I have…
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