Desert Island Writing Advice

31 thoughts on “Desert Island Writing Advice”

1. 

   The V Pub May 8, 2018 — 1:31 pm

   I’m actually quite concerned that I shall wake up and find myself on a desert island without a bottle of red and a guitar. 😉

   Reply
   1. (Post author)

      Lucy Brazier May 8, 2018 — 1:33 pm

      That would be a disaster. It is for precisely this reason that I advocate always having a bottle of red and a guitar on your person at any time! 😉
   2. 

      The V Pub May 8, 2018 — 1:35 pm

      Perhaps a covert place inside the neck of the guitar to store emergency wine is needed.
   3. (Post author)

      Lucy Brazier May 8, 2018 — 1:38 pm

      Very good idea. You wouldn’t want anyone else having any of your wine.
2. 

   FictionFan May 8, 2018 — 5:01 pm

   The Dean will be devastated that he wasn’t first choice, but I do tend to agree that DCI Thompson seems as if he’d be handy to have around, for a variety of reasons. Haha – I love your advice for wannabe writers – I often try to imagine Dickens sitting down to read a book on how to create characters or plan a storyline, and I just can’t! Mind you, I found Pye Corbett’s little book called Write Your Own Mystery fab – it inspired me to write my world-renowned masterwork, The Mystery of the Mysterious Mystery! Then I discovered his book was aimed at eight-year-olds… *walks off into the sunset*

   Reply
   1. (Post author)

      Lucy Brazier May 8, 2018 — 5:12 pm

      I’m sort of hoping that The Dean would be persuaded that a desert island is no place for a man of his great intellect and therefore put him off entirely.
      I do have a copy of The Crime Writer’s Handbook, which is excellent for methods of killing people and stuff that I don’t want in my search history 🙂 If you don’t mind, I might steal your book title for my next Poirot adventure! 😀 Sounds like a winner!