Creating a Villain for the Twenty-first Century

We’re breaking away from villain stereotypes. They are no longer people who have been created as evil incarnations. Now writers are no longer fearful of showing the visible villains that protagonists are fighting against.

The Power of Repetition

Repetition can be a powerful and effective writing technique. Whether it’s repeating a single word or phrase, like Patrick Ness often does, or whether it’s looping back to an idea throughout your story, it can add an extra depth, and pack an extra emotional punch.

New Year Traditions: On Writing

Even after writing continuously after leaving uni, I found that delicate muscle withering away. Last year between drafts of my WIP, I took the opportunity to rediscover a book – and have made it a tradition to read it every year since.