WhatsUp
The web site existed but in another form. I reduced it to molecules. Then it took on form again without my being aware. I believe this one was written by me. I AM
STATIC CHARACTERS
Change of heart STATIC CHARACTERS MAKE FOR STATIC STORIES. BUT HOW CAN AUTHORS ENSURE CHARACTER ARCS FEEL BELIEVABLE ON THE PAGE?BY JACK SMITH If you’ve been a fiction writer for any length of time, you surely have a whole list of things you’ve picked up about character development – from your reading of good fiction […]
Essays
A truthteller’s toolkit5 components a personal essay needs to succeed – and sell.By Nicki Porter Once upone a time, a writer might contact an agent and confess their desire to publish an essay collection. And once upon a time, an agent might have resisted an urge to laugh in the writer’s face. As a form, […]
Psycho – Logical
https://www.writingthoughts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ORG010-Secret-Lies-Within.mp4 Rough translation “The Logic of the mind“ We ALL have TWO sets of thinkers in our makeup. If that are not true then how is it we can DO something yet think about something else. For example you do not walk down the street and see a £20 note on the pavement and have […]
Parapodia’s
First time I heard about parapodia’s, I liked them. Parapodia’s are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous. (Sir Winston Churchill loved them). A good way to grab someone’s attention 1. Where there’s a will, there is a relative 5. We […]
next ThoughtTree workshop
Greetings from Thoughttree!After a very busy January, I’m very pleased to invite you to the first Thoughttree Writing Workshop of 2020!According to playwright, novelist and short-story writer, W.Somerset Maugham, ‘You can never know enough about your characters.’Join me to explore and understand The Psychology of Credible Characters. Step by step, we’ll build convincing and compelling characters, brimming with life, […]
