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...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 9, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers EM Forster wrote that a story ‘can only have one merit: that of making the audience want to know what happens next. ‘A plot is also a narrative of events, the emphasis falling on causality – “The king died and...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 7, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers. Here he takes a look at finding inspiration. It’s sometimes said that most books fall into two categories. Someone ordinary finding themselves in an extraordinary situation. Or somebody more unusual or...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Oct 1, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers The four elements to every story are: context, plot, characterisation, and conflict resolution. In some degree, all play a part in every novel ever written. Over the next few blogs we’ll take a closer look at...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Sep 26, 2021 | Creative writing courses, Writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and course tutor at Creating Writers. “I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.” Erica Jong In her case, the judgement was favourable. She became the...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Sep 25, 2021 | getting started on writing, Writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Many of us want to write a book but don’t know where to start. We’re not sure how to write characterisation or how to move the story forward in a way that will engage with readers. We also know that there will...
