Has the Covid-19 virus forced you into being at home with time on your hands? Could now be the time to start that memoir project you've been meaning to get around to for so long? If so, this is the episode for you. My guest for this episode is the journalist, editor, commissioning editor and speaker Ali Hull. Ali is the Deputy Editor of Sorted magazine, and a freelance commissioning editor, who has worked with at least a hundred authors on their books, many of which were memoirs. She has also co-authored a book on grief, and written many press releases, features, interviews and reviews. Since 2003, she has spoken on numerous writing courses, around the UK and in Ireland.
You know that feeling, you are about 20k to 30k words in to the story, and you suddenly begin to wonder where it's all...
Point of view (PoV) is critical to your story. The authorial decision you make about PoV will set the tone and voice of your...
In the last episode we looked at character integrity and how this is founded on 1.Believability/plausibility and 2. The character as an individual. In...