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
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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
Characters – Part 1: What’s in a Name?
When creating characters, how deep to you go in constructing who they are? Do you just name them, offer a basic description, and away you go, often only really finding … Continued
The Power of Books
In the these changing times it’s a fact that books are going to become fewer. But I think that books are going to become very special. Specialised in fact. Words … Continued