by Charlie Laidlaw | Nov 14, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Some authors will say that the names of their characters matter. Others will say that it doesn’t matter. Nevertheless, most authors spend a great deal of time thinking up names for their characters. It’s a...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Nov 12, 2021 | book editing, Creative writing courses, getting started on writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers A great many new authors worry endlessly about what they’re writing. Often, they worry so much about what they’re writing that they give up. But take the advice of American speculative novelist, CJ Cherryh....
by Charlie Laidlaw | Nov 11, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing, writing inspiration
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and course tutor at Creating Writers According to surveys, most people would like to write a book. The trouble is that while many people have a vague idea for that book, it often remains just that. A vague idea. The fact is that...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 20, 2021 | Creative writing courses, getting started on writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers All books involve conflict of some sort otherwise there would be no point in writing them, or for anybody else to read them. However, there are different sorts of conflict, several of which may appear in a...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 18, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Every book has a beginning, middle, and an end. Put simply, a book is a series of events that move the story from A to Z. The journey from A to Z resolves the conflict that is at the heart of the story. Each...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 16, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Many people confuse “plot” and “story.” However, “plot” is the sequence of events that comprise the story. “Story” is what the novel is about, and novels can have multiple storylines. For example, a novel...
