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The Future Bookshelf Blog

‘You can only challenge or break the rules of each genre when you know what they are’
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‘Try to boil down your plot into a one-line pitch’
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‘Take what you know and love and make it your own’
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‘No singer steps on a stage without warming up their voice. So, limber up, train your eye and ear and write, write, write’
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‘A novelist is like a film director.’
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How Do I Write in my Chosen Genre?
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‘Think visually; using a seed image to find inspiration’
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‘Writers need to adopt a sense of real responsibility towards their work’
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‘Only non-writers imagine that authors sit in an effort-free trance while their story descends from the skies’
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‘You may not be able to have your own shed or writer’s room, but do what you can and find what works best for you’
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‘Writers are no longer bound to the desk; they can write with the tools in their pocket’
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‘Is it better to make yourself confront the blank page or let the ‘muse’ take you?’
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