A seven-minute read about…

  • ‘Narrative echo effects,’ a concept explored by Charles Baxter in his essay, ‘Rhyming Action;’
  • ‘Secret strings,’ a literary analysis technique/game used by Michael Rosen when teaching students/children, which includes looking for what I believe to be narrative echoes;
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  • For Mum, what makes a good fantasy’s a fickle thing.
  • What is fantasy, anyway? Is sci-fi really just fantasy with its back turned?
  • We could do with a ‘Fantasy for Mums’ survey. Nothing for ’em without ’em. Right?
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