Author: Natasha Ngan
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When Your Characters Surprise You
They’re sneaky things, characters, aren’t they? You think you know them, that you know where they’re taking the story, and then BOOM! A hidden past! A terrible secret! A link to another character you never saw coming! As a writer who’s a mix of plotter and pantster, I love it when my characters do something…
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Hot Key Books Writer’s Workshop
Hi everyone! Today I just wanted to shoot out a quick post for any unagented, unpublished UK writer’s out there. My publisher Hot Key are holding their very first Weekend Writer’s Workshop on February 23rd and 24th 2013, and applications are now open! Here’s what they say they’ll do for you … “The right mentoring…
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How the John Lewis Christmas Advert is a Perfect Story
Ok, so no story can be perfect perfect, but this advert is a fantastic example of wonderful storytelling. There’s a lot us writers can learn from it about crafting stories. It has all the right ingredients to make it a stunner, and pulls them together with style and elegance, and for something that is just a minute and…