The magician stepped into the walk-through metal detector and a loud bell sounded. A uniformed man twice Danny’s size came towards him. The man had a long truncheon attached to his belt. ‘Put your watch and cash and any metal objects on the tray,’ he said. His manner was not polite. He didn’t seem to [...]
The charm of a character in fiction is not achieved directly. It is useless to try to describe it in a lift of the shoulder or the twinkle of an eye. For so important an ingredient your reader will only take the word of another trusted character, and only then, if that second character has [...]
I spoke to a small group of writers last evening and we touched on the subject of showing your readers’ a good time. How some writers, without leaving home, can go out into the world and be sociable with ink on paper.
These people are excellent blind-dates who, nevertheless, work in complete solitude.
Being able to write [...]
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