The Angel of Islington
My grandfather Ernest as a boy I started at the Angel in search of a boy, my long-lost Ern, my namesake. Darling. A perfect starting point for my research. I felt sure your old street would be nearby....
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Point of view refers to who sees the action within a story or novel. You can have multiple points of view, so long as shifts from one character to another are adequately marked, by way of punctuation,...
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The elusive concept of Voice is one of the most difficult aspects of the craft of writing to explain in words. Like persona in Jungian psychology, it is more easily understood as a metaphor, and is...
View ArticleAll About Head Hopping…from Ink and Quills
Cover of Gil Blas Illustré, illustration for the short story The Necklace (La Parure) by Guy de Maupassant. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One of my favourite writing craft sites is Kaitlin Hillerich’s...
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