Creative, curious writing
But when you're a writer, where exactly is the beginning? We must start where the story begins (even if it that's not really where it began) and help our readers move forwards through the narrative (even if they have to go backwards). In this way the opening is like the first impression when you meet... Continue Reading →
Chat GPT. I know, I know but stay with me. Depending on when you're reading this we may still be in the middle of our own existential crisis or, perhaps, robots will have taken over the world using information that we have given them freely. Hard to know. The internet will tell you (so it... Continue Reading →
This week, I am going to talk about time. Which is relative because your 'this week' may not be my 'this week'. I'm not talking about time-travel although in essence all stories, unless they happen in an instant, do travel through time. No, this is about how time is represented in fiction and how, as... Continue Reading →
The late, great Sir Terry Prachett advised writers to take the pressure off and write an ending even if it's not the real or final ending. Writers' HQ (brilliant resource) asks us if we are plotters (writing to a defined plot) or pantsers (pretty much making it up as we go along). Epilogues seem to... Continue Reading →
The Curious Wordsmith 