Episode 10 - Making mundane entertain.
Episode 10 - Making mundane entertain.
This episode looks at the options available to give flavour to a necessary but relatively mundane piece of business in a... Read more
30 Jul 2021
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22mins
Episode 9 - Noises off.
Episode 9 - Noises off.
We talk about the benefits and opportunities gained from taking your characters out of the ‘roaring river’ of the plot. ... Read more
7 Jul 2021
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28mins
Episode 8 - How to start writing your novel- techniques.
Episode 8 - How to start writing your novel- techniques.
In this episode we talk about the different ways you can plan and plot a book. Keith offers some thoughts on using techn... Read more
23 Jun 2021
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45mins
Episode 7 Briefings, body language and descriptions.
Episode 7 Briefings, body language and descriptions.
Techniques to sum up the plot to a reader. How to use body language in descriptions to subliminally send a message to th... Read more
11 Jun 2021
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31mins
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Episode 5 - Taking someone’s life + Episode 6 -Characters driving the story and dialogue.
Episode 5 - Taking someone’s life + Episode 6 -Characters driving the story and dialogue.
Episode 5 - we disseminate a scene describing an attack and a death. Episode 6 - How do characters influence the route... Read more
24 May 2021
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1hr 10mins
Episode 4. Humour and death - it takes two to tango.
Episode 4. Humour and death - it takes two to tango.
We explore the tricky business of entwining humour into serious books and why it might pay to do so.
21 May 2021
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32mins
Episode 3 Unlikeable characters and elements of storytelling
Episode 3 Unlikeable characters and elements of storytelling
Here we explore a short scene showing contrast of characters and how Conflict, Emotion and Suspense are a repeated theme... Read more
16 May 2021
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26mins
Episode 2. Crime scenes and taboos.
Episode 2. Crime scenes and taboos.
We dissect a couple of paragraphs from ‘One Oblique One’ exploring the nuance and difference in prose when writing a cri... Read more
14 May 2021
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28mins
Episode 1. Imposter syndrome and the death house.
Episode 1. Imposter syndrome and the death house.
In this episode we talk about how new writers approach their first book. We dissect a short passage of 13 lines of one o... Read more
12 May 2021
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22mins
Pilot. Opening the book. Why did I choose these techniques?
Pilot. Opening the book. Why did I choose these techniques?
Openings. Listen as Keith reads a section of his book One Oblique One and then as he unravels the opening section to exp... Read more
9 May 2021
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28mins
