Chessworld: An Annotated Bibliography of the Courier and Their World, ‘The Board’
Tag: writing
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 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
When the Science in Your Storytelling is Sus
OoOoOoOoOo your genes determine that you will read to the end to learn about OoOoOoOoOo:
- Oh, it’s THIS guy again: Hey, I’ve seen this one… or so the Monomyth tells me.
- A Story of Science-telling: Criti-hyping evolutionary psychology (without the criticism) to explain storytelling;
- My God, Pure Paleoideology: What were we doing until 12,000 years ago? Was it all just evolution?
- On balance: Surprisingly, authors know what they’re doing. We should hear what they have to say.
The Flat Tyre
Read to the end for literary constipations such as:
- Two guys on a motorway discuss quitting their job;
- Britain’s only fully-automated luxury petrol station (powered by AI, of course);
- My commentary: how I feel being back in the saddle.