Yesterday, 21 October 2015, was Back to the Future day. You know, the day when Marty McFly arrives in the future version of Hill Valley
Tag: Creative writing
Ghostwriter Diaries – Aaaaaaaah
Aaaaaaah … No, it’s not a scream. Quite the opposite. It’s a sigh of satisfaction. Specifically, it’s the sound of a ghostwriter meeting his deadline, having
Ghostwriter Diaries – How Many Words a Minute?
I don’t do numbers. I prefer words. All the same, numbers can occasionally be relied upon to do some funky things. For example, this morning I
When will it ever end?
Most stories share a common structure derived from just three component parts: Premise Conflict Resolution Or, if you prefer: “Where the hell am I and
What is story?
What is story? That’s one of the prickly questions tackled by screenwriting guru Robert McKee in his book Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles
Ghostwriter Diaries – Outlines
I want to talk about outlines. For the ghostwriter of novels, the outline represents the brief, the whole brief, and nothing but the brief. It
