Give These Women Trouble with Nikki May

A Truth Universally Acknowledged with Harriet Minter

“How can I best give my characters hell? By knowing every single detail about them - including their inside leg measurement”

First time author Nikki May’s book Wahala is out in January. It’s set to be the most talked-about book of 2022. It’s even being adapted into a screenplay.

Harriet and Nikki discuss how useful it can be to get to know your characters incredibly well, from detailing their favourite colour, to their first dance.

Nikki says this helped her understand how to cause her characters Ronke, Simi and Boo some trouble! You’ll also get to hear why Nikki thinks she owes half her royalties to her dogs.

In this episode, you’ll learn about the power of the edit and how to view your work objectively.

Harriet is taking inspiration from the author of Eat Pray Love this week in your creative exercise, it doesn’t directly involve pasta, but it can if you want it to!

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman at the start of a midlife crisis needs a creative project. So writer, journalist and broadcaster Harriet Minter is writing a book….. A “chick-lit” novel (don’t worry, we’ll be discussing that term). A genre that is both critiqued and loved in equal parts.

Join Harriet for the writing journey, as she navigates story arcs, character traits and plots. In every episode you’ll hear from authors who have been there and done it and friends who can help crack problems that Harriet has been dealing with in her novel each week.

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