I’ve just finished reading Alan Bennett’s Untold Stories – in the hardback version, 658 pages. (Only fit to be a doorstop! as a certain gentleman of my acquaintance would say.) But there’s something about Bennett’s understated approach to life and writing that I find strangely appealing. Without knowing what he sounds like in person I [...]
Some of the visitors to my blog have asked me to talk about what I do when I get writers’ block. Good question. Now, up till this point I thought I didn’t have a superstitious bone in my body … hmmm. I find I’m having to inhale deeply … touch things … mutter mantras … [...]
‘Show, don’t tell.’ The creative writing mantra. I’m grappling with the reality of that right now in my current novel. Describing a road traffic accident … doing justice to someone’s philosophising … capturing a child’s resentment … I feel like a tightrope walker. Will the reader understand the subtle nuances of this section? Am I [...]