A seven-minute post on:
- Audiences, and where I (might) find them;
- Twiddling – and the dilemma up-and-coming artists didn’t ask to be put in;
- TTLY…: Old posts.
Chasing the Audience
Tag: writing
Problem in Character, Not in Speech: When Terry Pratchett Missed
An 18-minute Zen on:
- Eye Dialect Reprise: Pratchett’s iconic character voices were made so through eye dialect;
- But.: And this is a big but;
- The Turtle Grows: “Cancelled” is just a euphemism for “I refuse accountability.”
Chessworld: An Annotated Bibliography of the Courier and Their World, ‘The Board’
The Talisman of Aubaum
A 30-minute short story from ‘Chessworld’ (working title). My submission for my Writing Prose 1 assignment at St. Andrews University.
CONTENT WARNING: Racism, colonial language, misgendering, misogyny.
Continue readingOn Dialogue Rules
Brologue is One
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.
There’s Just Me – The Staunisoe Files
Another very (very!) short story written for a creative writing seminar.
Continue readingBlood on the Bus – The Staunisoe Files
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