Twisting your character’s arm is twisting your reader’s arm.
Tag: writing
Mother Trees
I’m reworking The Red Spot Murders tonight. It’s a Pourquoi story exploring the haunted house phenomenon, and features a delightful antagonist by the name of Maeve. It was by researching this character that I learned that there are such things as Mother Trees. I had hoped there were. In fact I typed that exact term into my Google search to see what would come up, and was rewarded with this wonderful TED talk with Suzanne Simard, a Canadian ecologist. Damn, the woods have just got a whole load creepier.
In the hour we killed
Yesterday had been bookmarked for location research. St Austell, Cornwall was the destination and we set off early in the morning before the heavens opened and turned the roads to … Continue reading In the hour we killed
To plot, or not to plot?
“Plot is what stops narrative being just one thing after another.” Interesting article on the history of ‘plotting’ in the Guardian today.
Is It Really That Good?
I was with the Nameless Writing Group the other night, talking about various submission calls we had, or were thinking about, sending work to. It was when two of us … Continue reading Is It Really That Good?
Euryale 1
Tonight, I was listening to the sound of growling made by dogs and wolves for my current project, Euryale (working title). At first, I wanted to describe the sound, but am now thinking to concentrate on the feeling it unearths within us.
Droplets of Clarity with the Dettol No-Touch Automatic Antibacterial Handwash Dispenser.
My characters follow me everywhere: on the street, on the road, to gigs and to parties, they even come with me to the loo. The latter can be rather unsettling, … Continue reading Droplets of Clarity with the Dettol No-Touch Automatic Antibacterial Handwash Dispenser.
Mudlark 5
The final section in Mudlark is entitled, The Mime. I found these two beautiful performances by Jérôme Murat and Clown Adrien whilst studying the art form in preparation to write my story’s conclusion. First draft of the story has just been completed!.
Enjoy the show!
Mudlark 4
In this story, I’m using different types of (street) performance as a metaphor for relationship stages.
Giving It Away For Free?
Writers write. That is what they do. They do it because, to them, the act of writing is a drug that shoots them up into the brilliant starscape, the brightness … Continue reading Giving It Away For Free?
Eric Nash 