Chessworld: An Annotated Bibliography of the Courier and Their World, ‘The Board’
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The Suits’ Tale – The Talisman of Aubaum
A 30-minute short story from Boardmier, my fantasy world. My submission for my Writing Prose 1 assignment at St. Andrews University.
CONTENT WARNING: Racism, colonial language, misgendering, misogyny.
Continue readingCharlie, Mick, and the Secret Strings
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;
On Models (In Writing)
- Models: Easy to teach, but don’t mistake the map for the territory…
- Asking the next question: A little tip you might find useful in your next writing endeavour.
First as Plagiarism, Then as Property
A twelve-minute read on:
- Pre-‘ramble’: Blogging about my postgrad because there’s no good reason not to;
- Who was the bad art friend?: The answer – none of them, and at the same time, both of them;
- The article’s impact: When the debate around your work doesn’t go the way you wanted it to;
- Fine distinctions: When it comes to copyright, the house always wins, and by ‘house,’ I mean ‘copyright lawyers.’
On Epistemic Anxiety and Craft
A little 9-minute something about:
- Epistemic anxiety: When you fear that there’s a lot more to how you know what you know… that you don’t know;
- Craft: Expectations of what your stories should contain that your audience will love
The Pen Shall Make Ye Fret
If you read to the end, right now, within my lifetime, ‘cos I can’t be doing this for all eternity, you’ll get these three consternations for the price of one:
- Oh, hey, I might get to write for a living;
- Recognising my flaws as a storyteller, and what I can do about ’em;
- Things you can expect on this blog soon…