Novelist Liz Jensen talks about narrative viewpoints, and their benefits and shortcomings in terms of storytelling.

Novelist Liz Jensen talks about narrative viewpoints, and their benefits and shortcomings in terms of storytelling.

Poet and presenter Ian McMillan takes a light-hearted look at the use of repetition in his poems.

Poet and presenter Ian McMillan takes a light-hearted look at the use of repetition in his poems.

Ian McMillan talks about the importance and use of surrealism in his poetry.

Ian McMillan talks about the importance and use of surrealism in his poetry.

Hilary Mantel talks about the importance and influence television and film have had on her development as a writer. The paragraph as the basic building block of fiction, and how this can generate a successful narrative.

Hilary Mantel talks about the importance and influence television and film have had on her development as a writer. The paragraph as the basic building block of fiction, and how this can generate a successful narrative.

Hilary Mantel uses examples and a reading from her own novel Vacant Possession, to examine the use of rhetoric and rhythm, and how they can seed ideas in a reader and build up the relationship between reader and text.

Hilary Mantel uses examples and a reading from her own novel Vacant Possession, to examine the use of rhetoric and rhythm, and how they can seed ideas in a reader and build up the relationship between reader and text.