Deciding what to include – and just as importantly, what not to include – in great fiction.

Writer, editor, and teacher Matt Kendrick discusses the role of literary craft in a writer’s consciousness.

Great fiction uses this idea of point-of-view to breathe life into characters, to make them believable and compelling, memorable and engaging.

Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.

Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.

Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.

Get to grips with the role that character motivation plays in great fiction.

Chekhov’s Gun is a literary device that states that everything in fiction needs to exist for a reason, whether it’s a prop, character or scene.

Understand the basics behind powerful character transformations in fiction

Let’s find out about the lesser-known POV narrative style, and how it’s used