At last, after, Covid vaccinations, multi documenti and 3 days in the car, we are in Tuscany with plenty of sun and very little water. We are trying not to think about the health of the well. It is our only supply of fresh water. I am redrafting my novel with the help of John … Continue reading Writing a Novel:Structure
I'm re-writing my novel set in the 1950s, written during my 2 years on the MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University. The story started out with one narrator, a child, who then had a mother with her own history and then an uncle. His experiences took the reader back to WWII and then there … Continue reading Researching World War Two
Autumn is here and winter around the corner. We rub our hands in glee as we encounter cold and rainy weather, confining us to being indoors with plenty of time to write. My plan was to re-read sections of my novel set in the 1950s, to arrange them in a funky way with more spaces … Continue reading The Writing Timetable
A narrator who is fallible is usually referred to as ‘an unreliable narrator’. The term often applies to child narrators but would not always be accurate. The term ‘the inadequate narrator’ can be used to describe a narrator who is undeniably truthful, such as Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, … Continue reading Child Narrators (1)
I’m following an on-line course run by the Unthank School on How to Write a Novel. We are in the early stages – it’s a 12 week programme – but are already sharing the way we begin our novels, the importance of an arresting first chapter, that essential opening line – the hook. One … Continue reading WRITING A NOVEL – Voices and Narrators
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