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We’ve established that what readers are looking for (though many don’t realise it) and what editors and publishers are looking for (and...

Last time, we talked a little about symbolism. Many of you may have thought ‘Oh no, symbolism! I don’t understand that!’ or even ‘But my...

The other thing you can do to give your story depth and a three-dimensional quality is be symbolic. Using symbolism is extending metaphor...

The simplest way to build a ‘flat’ story — one which primarily uses the mechanism of ‘Then this happened, then this happened…’ to drive a...

Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...

We can try to sum up our journey into the land of Theme in the following way: Most fiction that is written is two-dimensional. It is...

Addressing some concerns: Does ‘finding your theme(s)’ involve sitting in a corner catching up on all the newspapers and current events...

Here’s an interview I did with myself (well, there was no one else around and I was excited…) about the recently released gem, Welcome to...

Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...