I’m glad I read this book, which is well-written and researched but truly an artifact of its age. Much of… Read more REVIEW: EDITH WHARTON on THE WRITING OF FICTION (1925)
Category: Writing for Writers
5-STAR READ: THE RAMPART TRILOGY BOOK 1:
THE BOOK OF KOLI by M. R. Carey I am impressed no end by the world-building in this novel. I… Read more 5-STAR READ: THE RAMPART TRILOGY BOOK 1:
FIVE STAR LESSON ON HOW TO SNAG A PLOT: NEIL GAIMAN’S THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2008) AND RUDYARD KIPLING’S THE JUNGLE BOOK (1894)
Apart from similar titles, the links between these two wonderful novels are many, including the detailed descriptions of two wildly… Read more FIVE STAR LESSON ON HOW TO SNAG A PLOT: NEIL GAIMAN’S THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2008) AND RUDYARD KIPLING’S THE JUNGLE BOOK (1894)
9. Putting on the Wellies / SUSPENSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE IN NARRATORS NOTES FROM “The Unreliable Narrator,” a lecture by Carol Goodman Crime Bake, MA. 2019 Narrator fallibility… Read more 9. Putting on the Wellies / SUSPENSE
POINT OF VIEW 3: Omniscient
A beautiful rendition of an omniscient narrator who is also an actor within the story is to be found in… Read more POINT OF VIEW 3: Omniscient
POINT OF VIEW 2
Merely an addendum: Although I haven’t yet read the non-fiction picture book FLYING DEEP–CLIMB INSIDE DEEP SEA SUBMERSIBLE ALVIN by… Read more POINT OF VIEW 2
POINT OF VIEW 1
DEEP POINT OF VIEW QUICK BROWN FOX, a Canadian creative-writing outfit (I wish I lived close enough to benefit directly),… Read more POINT OF VIEW 1