The secret strings are the means by which all is revealed…
- Microfiction, as prompts;
- Why writing tools like tarot feel a bit like Michael Rosen’s secret strings game…
- TTLY: My old posts.
Mnemonics, Divination, and the Return of the Secret Strings
Tag: writing
The Light King’s Tale – The Right to Krei
The second short story from Boardmier, my fantasy world. My submission for my first Writing Prose 2 assignment at St. Andrews University.
CONTENT WARNING: verbal abuse, death, trauma.
Continue readingGet These (Authorial) Voices Out Of My Head
A little seven minute aperitif on the voices at an author’s disposal when writing. Also, satire.
Continue readingChasing the Audience
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.
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 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.