Writing Challenges

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**Writing Challenges**

David Morley, Director of the Warwick Writing Programme, leads you through a series of creative writing challenges designed to help you develop your creativity and talent as a writer and reader.

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The House of Fiction Aug 07, 2012

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Should you be trying to achieve artistic truth in your fiction or writing the next commercial blockbuster?

The Truth About Pride and Prejudice Aug 07, 2012

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Form in fiction is a specific and conscious decision, but your final decision may take several drafts and unsuccessful trials before you find that which suits the material best.

The Palettes for Fiction Aug 07, 2012

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Although the marketplace for short stories is difficult, many new writers choose to begin with writing them, almost as a right of passage, a place for honing language, testing their narrative nerve over a shortish distance, and organising a palette.

Dreaming a Fictional Continuum Aug 07, 2012

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So, after all, it was a dream... A fiction writer depends on the dream or fantasy of scenes that are true to life or, at least, carry verisimilitude however fantastic the setting or story.

Character is Story Aug 07, 2012

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Character is the heart and mind of your story - it is what makes it live.

Points of view in fiction Aug 07, 2012

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Where do you, the writer, stand in relation to your characters and readers?

Beginning at the Beginning Aug 07, 2012

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How do I begin?

Conflict and Crisis Aug 07, 2012

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When reading novels as a writer, you will immediately notice the importance of conflict as the engine of fiction.