Monthly Archives: October 2018

How Not to Plot a Horror Film by Matt Colborn

Posted on 29 October 2018 by Jacey Bedford

As a writer you can sometimes learn more from dysfunctional stories than from masterpieces. Take the 2017 movie Annabelle: Creation, a prequel to the earlier rather mediocre prequel Annabelle (2014). The 2017 movie, directed by David F. Sandberg and written … Continue reading →

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Beware, there be spoilers: Slaughterhouse 5, by Jim Anderson

Posted on 23 October 2018 by Jacey Bedford

Reprinted from Jim Anderson’s Multijimbo blog of 4th August 2018. https://multijimbo.com/ This might be Vonnegut’s most famous novel, the story of Billy Pilgrim.  Billy, like Vonnegut himself was, is an American soldier in World War 2 who survives the fire … Continue reading →

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Rochita Loenen Ruiz Talks About the Milford Bursary for Writers of Colour

Posted on 15 October 2018 by Jacey Bedford

Each year, finances permitting, Milford invites writers of colour to apply for one of the two available bursary places. In 2017, our first bursary year, our writers were Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Nigeria) and Dolly Garland (UK). In our second year … Continue reading →

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Writing as Drawing by David Gullen

Posted on 9 October 2018 by Jacey Bedford

We all have our ways of doing things. When I’m plotting out a novel or a longer story I always start with pen and paper. I like to use my favourite fountain pen, and quartered sheets of A4.  I do … Continue reading →

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Constraints Are Your Friends by Sue Oke

Posted on 2 October 2018 by Jacey Bedford

Have you ever noticed that the more constraints you face in your writing, the more creative you become? I used to write a collage piece with a group of writers—just for fun, you understand. This involved the giving and receiving … Continue reading →

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