In prose, leaps of logic can be made while the protagonist thinks about things and arrives at conclusions. Even with voiceover, there's no real way of having an inner voice without it taking over the entire story.
Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she gets older; she is going t… - Denise Mina
Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she gets older; she is going t…
- Denise Mina
None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read. - Denise Mina
None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read.
I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny. - Denise Mina
I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.
In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did la… - Denise Mina
In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did la…
To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position. - Denise Mina
To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.
People are interested in crime fiction when they're quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries. - Denise Mina
People are interested in crime fiction when they're quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries.
Journalism is a Darwinian process. - Denise Mina
Journalism is a Darwinian process.
I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws. - Denise Mina
I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.
Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live. - Denise Mina
Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.
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