by Charlie Laidlaw | Apr 12, 2022 | Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing, show and tell, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers In my last post I wrote about “show” and “tell.” Books need both to make narrative sparkle. That requires balance and clear purpose to your writing. So let’s look at that balance in a little more detail....
by Charlie Laidlaw | Mar 18, 2022 | character writing, diploma creative writing, starting to write, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers In a recent post, I highlighted how easy it is to write clunky dialogue. The trick to good dialogue is about advancing your story or developing or reinforcing character. But every bit of dialogue should sound...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Feb 25, 2022 | media writing, starting to write, Writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is a former journalist, author and tutor at Creating Writers. Many of us are a little daunted at first by having to write a story or press release for a newspaper or magazine. We worry that we can’t write well enough and that will reflect badly on us...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Jan 30, 2022 | Creative writing courses, diploma writing, starting to write, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers In these unprecedented times a great many people are looking to acquire new skills or a new qualification. The internet is awash with so-called course providers. They offer cheap and cheerful courses in just...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Dec 6, 2021 | Creative writing courses, diploma writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers I like first lines, although I probably take them more seriously than many. Because, for me, the first line is the one sentence in any book that its author has agonised over the most. If that first line jars,...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Dec 3, 2021 | diploma creative writing, diploma writing, getting started on writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers As a writer you have to find your voice. A way of writing that is yours. It’s all about the stories you write and the way you tell them. Finding that voice can be easy or hard; we instinctively understand...
