Fi Phillips

Research is an issue that scares a lot of writers. For others, it can gobble up their (writing) time. Novelist Cesca Major discusses how she researches her novels. Cesca Major discusses research for writers.

One of the challenges I've set myself for the year is to return to short story writing, probably tales linked to my novel, and within that I'm taking on another challenge, to write from first person point of view. Normally, my writing is third person but I want to see how limiting/liberating using first person perspective is. Cesca Major talks about different points of view in this video. First person? Third person? Which do you prefer?

I love creating new characters. For my murder mystery plays, they will probably already have a name or a job or an age, which is always a good start. For my novels, though, I've had to form my characters completely from scratch (apart from Hartley - he's been with me for decades). Janice Hardy's article, The How to Create a Character  Game on the Publishing Crawl website offers a fun way to bring to life a new set of characters. Have a look. Cesca Major talks about where she writes.

Writing can be a lonely business so I was very interested to find out about the latest Writers & Artists video series, 'Write With'. It kicks off with writer, Cesca Major as she begins the second novel in her current series. 'Write With' Cesca Major - Week 1