The Adventure of Fiction
Why do people read fiction? Why does anyone have anything to do with any kind of imaginative art, for that matter? Â A very...
5 Steps to Success as a Writer
Perhaps you’ve written what you consider to be potentially a best-selling novel. The only trick now, you think, is to get it in front of...
C. S. Lewis: Allegory and Symbolism
Quite apart from the use of a commonplace wardrobe as a portal to a different world, and the introduction of a ‘re-booted’ God figure...
10 Mystical Maxims for the Modern Writer
Offered for your perusal - questions are welcome: Â 1. Any type of reader will have made a decision of some sort regarding your work in...
The Importance of Aslan
Going through some kind of doorway into another world was just the beginning of the journey for the Pevensies in Narnia, as it is for the...
Striking the Balance
Apart from spelling, what’s the MAIN reason why the writer/reader relationship is disturbed?  If there is an overriding error writers...
The Importance of Proofreading
Have you ever been so moved by a piece of literature or so persuaded by an essay that you immediately changed your own views either of...
Crafting Characters
Well-crafted characters virtually write their own story  Once your character is fleshed out, your story virtually writes itself. As we...
