The Five Rules Of Writing

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The Five Rules Of Writing

I'm Ed Needham, editor of the fabulous literary magazine Strong Words, and this is my podcast, The Five Rules of Writing. In each episode, I speak to a most excellent writer in a particular genre about how they do it. If you'd like to know more about Strong Words and specifically how to subscribe, head to http://strong-words.co.uk/.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 13/04/2022

    Novelist Freya Berry (The Dictator’s Wife) shares her five rules for writing an anti-heroine

    Freya Berry’s recent debut The Dictator’s Wife features a chilling portrait of a late eastern European tyrant’s partner, as she prepares to go on trial for her life. Here the author describes her five rules for creating such an intimidating and compromised anti-heroine. The Dictator's Wife: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/freya-berry/the-dictators-wife/9781472276339/ @FreyaBBooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min

  2. 01/04/2022

    Novelist Zoë Somerville on how to use the countryside to unsettle your readers

    Zoë Somerville's recent novel The Marsh House concerns a single mother's Christmas visit to the creepy Norfolk coast, and her reading a life of a previous resident of her dilapidated cottage while nature does its best to frighten her. Here she shares her Five Rules of Writing on how to create pure rural fear. The Marsh House: https://headofzeus.com/books/9781838934675 https://zoesomerville.com/ @zessomerville Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min

  3. 09/03/2022

    Author and journalist Christina Patterson on how to write a memoir

    Writer Christina Patterson, whose most recent book is Outside, the Sky is Blue, a crystal-clear account of the havoc visited on her family by illness, on her Five Rules of Writing memoir. https://christinapatterson.co.uk/ Outside, the Sky is Blue: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/christina-patterson/outside-the-sky-is-blue/9781472282651/ @queenchristina_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min

  4. 05/01/2022

    Novelist Jan Carson on how to write about Northern Ireland

    Jan Carson, whose most recent novel The Raptures concerns a spate of deaths at a rural Protestant Northern Ireland primary school, on her five rules for writing about the province. @JanCarson7280 The Raptures: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1115884/the-raptures/9780857525758.html https://www.jancarson.co.uk/ Presented by Ed Needham and Strong Words Magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    36 min

  5. 21/12/2021

    Music biographer Richard Balls on how to interview difficult people

    Richard Balls, author of the superb Shane MacGowan biography, A Furious Devotion, on his five rules for interviewing someone who has little desire to cooperate. @RichardBalls A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan: https://omnibuspress.com/products/a-furious-devotion-the-life-of-shane-macgowan-published-on-7th-october-2021 Presented by Ed Needham and Strong Words Magazine: https://strong-words.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min

  6. 02/12/2021

    Idler magazine editor Tom Hodgkinson on how to write idly

    Tom Hodgkinson, whose magazine is devoted to the quest for maximum satisfaction from minimum effort, on where writing fits with this equation. @idler The Idler: https://www.idler.co.uk/ An Idler's Manual: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/IDLERS-MANUAL-by-TOM-HODKINSON/9781901170344 Presented by Ed Needham and Strong Words Magazine: https://strong-words.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min

  7. 06/10/2021

    Debut novelist Virginia Feito on how to write an unlikeable character

    First-time author of the sublime Mrs March, Virginia Feito shares her five rules on writing "a gloriously grotesque antiheroine." Presented by Ed Needham and Strong Words Magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min
  8. Journalist and author Lesley-Ann Jones on how to write a rock biography

    20/09/2021

    Journalist and author Lesley-Ann Jones on how to write a rock biography

    Lesley-Ann Jones, Fleet Street survivor and writer of the recent Love of my Life about the relationships of Freddie Mercury, on how to write a rock biography. Presented by Ed Needham and Strong Words Magazine: https://strong-words.co.uk/ Buy Love Of My Life here: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/lesley-ann-jones/love-of-my-life/9781529362343/ @LAJWriter https://www.lesleyannjones.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    48 min
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About

I'm Ed Needham, editor of the fabulous literary magazine Strong Words, and this is my podcast, The Five Rules of Writing. In each episode, I speak to a most excellent writer in a particular genre about how they do it. If you'd like to know more about Strong Words and specifically how to subscribe, head to http://strong-words.co.uk/.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
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