How to write fiction

Read more, write better - complementary content from the November issue of Writing Magazine ...

How to write for young readers, from the How to Train Your Dragon author ...

A reader's cosy mystery novel opening is analysed and reworked ...

Use a memory of a house where you've lived as a building block for a new piece of writing in this week's 15-minute ...

Be inspired by the colours of the rainbow to create a new piece of creative writing in this 15-minute exercise ...

Read James McCreet's suggested rewrite of a reader's thriller opening ...

Writers appearing at the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival share their crime writing advice ...

Read sampler chapters, in depth analysis, and more, from our latest issue ...

Star crime writer Mark Billingham on the differences between writing for audio and print ...

Scared to take that life-changing decision? Author Joanna Barnard shares her encouraging experience ...

We throw down the gauntlet for your latest creative writing coffee break! ...

A bumper crop of bonus material this month, with novel extracts, videos, a song and much more! ...