Sophie King, shares the best piece of writing advice she’s even been given?
An editor at Orion who gave me some advice on viewpoint. It was before I was published. Although she didn’t take me on, she called me into her office and kindly told me I had ‘potential’. She then explained that it wasn’t a good idea, in her view, to jump around people’s heads on one page. You had to think yourself into someone’s mind and stay with it until a line break or a new chapter. It was as if someone had turned a light on. After that, I realized I wanted to write multi-viewpoint novels where I follow the lives of two or three people who are joined together by the plot.
Sophie’s latest release is an ebook edition of her novel, Second Time Lucky. She’s also the author of School Run and numerous non-fiction titles.
by I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.
I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.
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