Creative, curious writing
Or getting up close with the third-person POV. This point of view uses a narrator to tell you the story offering greater insight into events, characters and story points that don't directly involve the main character. Using he/she/they gives the writer distance and objectivity which is particularly helpful if you are working with an unreliable... Continue Reading →
This week I am exploring that most tricksy of genres - Creative Nonfiction The definition itself seems to be contradictory. If fiction is made up, does that mean that nonfiction must always be true? What is the extent of the writer’s ‘creative license’ and how to you measure it? What is the tipping point for... Continue Reading →
This week within the MA, we have been encouraged to look at genre-bending or blending. Using existing work; breaking it up, rewriting it and considering it from all angles. As I work through this week's reading and writing activities, I find one question rises to the top over again. What genre do I write in?... Continue Reading →
When it's a metaphor. We all know a good one when we see it. Something that evokes a feeling or a sensation without a drawn-out description. We also know a bad one when we read it. Something that pulls us out of the moment and away from the character. Some novels are overloaded with them,... Continue Reading →
The Curious Wordsmith 