Recent content by John Hunt

Perhaps one of the issues is not whether the MC is female, but what does that female character represent? Is she there to be saved by the Prince? On a similar topic this is an interesting article about the 'Smurfette' Principal.

Hi Rob! How did you find the MA? Would you recommend?

Thanks @Katie-Ellen Hazeldine, really useful.

Many thanks Louise...That would be great!

Congrats @Madz. I've heard reference to this book, on an agents talk. Really looking forward to it!

Thanks all. Nice to meet you all. Sorry for giving you the wrong impression, I'm not writing about football, and as a West Ham fan, I'd have nothing constructive to say about it anyway...! The story is actually about motocross...! I just really like the way Maal Peet knows football, when he...

Thanks Rich!

Hi Rachel, great to be part of Litopia. Thanks for the support in advance! I have really enjoyed the Curtis Brown course, it's been excellent. Basically, you send in a submission and then are selected for the course. Of course I cannot say for sure how many people apply or what that selective...

Hi all, very pleased to be here. I'm currently finishing the Curtis Brown course 'Writing YA and Children's Fiction' with the BRILLIANT Catherine Johnson, and massively panicking as I won't have access to her telling me - without pulling any punches - exactly where I am going wrong! Nor will I...