The seven point story structure
There are about 1 million structures that you can use when writing a story (joke) BUT so we all on the same wave length, this morning we are going to use this one, shown left. Quickly give your character some ‘life’ if people are not interested in the character in a story they won’t bother […]
Writing Hints and Tips
Richards Room
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” — L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between – Wonderful metaphor, and so many questions arise from this simple sentence. You just have to know what he means and why the past is important to him. ===> His room was very different today. Yesterday’s room had brimmed […]
ThoughtTree, 20th June 2018
ThoughtTree, June 2018 Do Good Readers Make Better Writers? ‘Read, read, read. Read everything‐ trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.’ William Faulkner , ‘Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.‘ Stephen King […]
Stars a Blanca
Beneath two setting suns, binary stars at the centre of a solar system – sitting on the outer edge of the furthest reaches of the galaxy Andromeda, on a hot desert planet called Tatfloon, on the edge of a now dilapidated spaceport, a large pink neon, sign sitting on top of a whitewashed single storey […]
One Moment in Time
The sound of the church clock struck eleven and the moonlight crept in through a chink in the bedroom curtains. Eleanor blinked back the tears that were always there waiting to fall as she watched her two children as they slept soundly in their beds, the sound of their regular breathing so comforting to her. […]
