Lindsay Woodward

You may have heard the advice that you should write about what you know. I’m a huge believer in the power of writing from experience.

If you want to make your dialogue feel real then remember that people rarely have a straightforward conversation.

Once you’ve come up with your ‘out of this world’ idea, you then need to make your own rules that apply.

A short, and not very serious, Christmas story.

A setting needs to be more than just a place that people exist in. It needs to complement the characters and bring the story to life.

As I’m now writing a fourth book in my Bird series, I’ve been reflecting on how stories can take you places you never expected.

It was when I was planning my first novel that I realised what a sucker for romance I really am.

Find out where the idea for Invisible came from and get a sneak peek at some of the characters.

I’ve disciplined myself to a very strict writing process. I know when to let my work go and let someone else read it.

Writing comedy is incredibly difficult. What makes us laugh in everyday life is totally different to what makes us laugh when we read.

Last year I began using words in a different way. Rather than writing them down, I started using my voice.

As a child I loved the Fraggles. As soon as I could pick up a pencil and form words of my own, I was writing my own Fraggle Tales.

When I was growing up, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends was one of my favourite TV programmes.