August 2015 Blog Posts (2)

Mentoring support for writers

Novelist John Dean is running an online mentoring and writing workshops programme for aspiring authors.

John, who is based in Darlington, in County Durham, North East England, and has had twelve crime novels…

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Added by John Dean on August 28, 2015 at 11:07 — No Comments

Following the news that we are to run an online crime fiction course (details on the home page) I thought it would be useful to look at how to write a good crime story:

* The story should be strong and one that can be told in a short story (most crime stories are novels)

* Create a strong sense of place - the reader must be able to visualise where the action happens

* Create strong characters - do not stray into cliché, make our…

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Added by John Dean on August 28, 2015 at 11:00 — No Comments

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