Bestselling author Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin (better known by her pen name Sam Blake) reveals the key elements and her own insider tips to writing great fiction. Find out how to develop characters, a plot and how important the rewriting process is. How long should your book be and how important are those first three chapters? Find out what really goes on under the cover to make a bestseller.
Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin writes crime as bestselling author Sam Blake. She is Ireland's leading literary scout and founder of the online writing magazine Writing.ie, The Inkwell Group publishing consultancy, The Rights Bureau and Ireland's new International Crime Writing Festival Murder One. She is the current Chair of Irish PEN. Everything started when her husband set sail across the Atlantic for eight weeks and she had an idea for a book.
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