Hello everyone! I hope 2020 is going well for you and that you’re managing to keep up with your writing goals (disclaimer: I’m not :D). The other day I was thinking about how certain novels have a big part to play in developing our writing, and wanted to share my personal list with you, including…
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Writing Folk Horror.
I thought there was room to squeeze in another Halloween special before the magic and mischief begins:D and what better than an article on the hottest creepy sub-genre of recent times. Now largely undefined by location or tropes, ‘folk horror’ was originally used to describe a particular genre of British films spanning from the late…
Epistolary! Lusty Lovers of Letter Writing
‘Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls’ -John Donne The epistolary style is defined as a story which unfolds through a series of letters and other documents, such as newspaper articles, diary entries; even emails and blog posts! It’s a topical subject for me as I’m currently reading Where or When (1993) by the late…
3 ways Shirley Jackson can help you improve as a writer.
‘You’ll have your milk from your cup of stars tonight when we get home. But just for now, just to be a very good little girl, will you take a little milk from this glass?’(1) *Note: this article is not intended to explore the author’s life or critique their works in detail. It is simply…