On the First Day pre-Christmas, this author said to me … (Amra Pajalic)
Hi All, Christmas is just around the corner, and at $24.95 the latest issue of pageseventeen just may fit some of those KK budgets. A lot goes into each short … Continued
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Outside the Page – 28 People Write, and Love and F*** Poems
‘Outside the page’ will probably be a recurring little plug from me for when I hear of other events going on in town, especially when contributors to page seventeen are involved (let’s … Continued
page seventeen competition winners
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS FOR 2012 Cover Image Section Winner: Cindy Keong, Water Drops Short Story Section Winner: Erol Engin, Sea Monkeys Runner-Up: Eliza-Jane Henry-Jones, The River Man Shortlisted ~ … Continued
Show, don’t tell.
Something we hear a lot about in writing is to ‘show, don’t tell.’ Showing allows us to paint a scene so that the reader experiences it as a character (usually … Continued
Characters – Part 4: World-building.
So far, we’ve looked at the following aspects of character-building: the character’s name and how it defines them. the way they look and how you introduce description into your narrative. … Continued
What came first: the writer or the cynic?
I can distinctly recall a day in my Grade 1 class where all the students sat on the carpet in our humble little classroom and were treated to a screening … Continued
Characters – Part 3: Motivation and Psychology.
One of the biggest driving forces a character needs is motivation. Why are they taking the course they are? If there’s an antagonist, what is their motivation? In the simplest … Continued
Characters – Part 2: Describing Your Characters.
When you plot out your story – whether it’s outlining it in great detail in a notebook, or just trying to germinate seeds of ideas in your head – you’ll … Continued