Writing Tip of the Day – Set Your Characters Free

Unfortunately, or very fortunately indeed depending on how you look at it, writing is a very nebulous art.

So here’s my caveat: There is no one right way to write and free advice is usually worth what it costs.

But if you feel passionately about your story, then let your characters tell it for you. Decide who they are – i.e. who they are when they’re alone in the dark. What goes through their minds. How do they see the world?

Be prepared to get to know them and then set them free – let them su...