Dinah Jefferies, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/dinahjefferies/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:41:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Six Top tips on writing characters https://booksbywomen.org/six-top-tips-on-writing-characters/ https://booksbywomen.org/six-top-tips-on-writing-characters/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:07:11 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13969 I had to cut 49,000 words from the 100,000 word manuscript of my third book, The Silk Shop in Hanoi. Of my two point of view characters, one wasn’t working. I tinkered, I edited, I tore my hair, and yes, I swore, but the character was still wrong and had to go. It was heartbreaking […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/six-top-tips-on-writing-characters/feed/ 1 13969 Six top tips for writing historical fiction https://booksbywomen.org/six-top-tips-for-writing-historical-fiction-by-dinah-jefferies/ https://booksbywomen.org/six-top-tips-for-writing-historical-fiction-by-dinah-jefferies/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2014 05:02:54 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12693 I love writing fiction set in the Twentieth Century. My first book, The Separation, published by Penguin, takes place during the 1950s, the second The Tea Planter’s Wife, Penguin 2015, explores the 1920s and 1930s and the third kicks off in 1940s Vietnam when it was part of Indochina. Here I share the tips I’ve […]

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