The Rabble Across The River
...the stories, history, characters and community of St Thomas’. The key word here, now over-familiar, is ‘community.’ Though there were earlier ventures into forms of community theatre, the Community Play...
Should I Have Heard Of You?
...and the trolley comes round. The drinks relax us and we get talking. Sooner or later the question of what I do for a living comes up. I say I...
Nearest And Dearest
...is an essence of memoir. Through writing we come to compassion, and compassion comes from the balancing of dissonant truths. Researching trauma, recently, I discovered that this is known as...
Walking on Bones
...en la sombra Aparecen los muertos Como luces y frutos Como vasos de sangre Como piedras de abismo Como ramas y frondas De dulces visceras (We bite the shadow And...
Under The Influence
...creativity — a sad, self-fulfilling prophesy in so many ways for those boozy writers who came and went, and come and go still, forever, but never really come back. Neil...
A Self Among the Crowd
...form her literary clique, and afterwards complained to fellow poet Robert Nichols that ‘I tried to get [Charlotte] to come and see me, but she is a hermit… though she...
Delight In The Dullest Of Places
...volumes. Ice skating comes to mind; if a figure skater makes a routine look difficult, they will not win the competition. The same has to be true for a successful...
Harnessing The Dream
...or describe the story out loud too quickly. First, time to dream is needed (walking, pondering, reading, staring out of the window…). Then comes the attempt to commit the confused...
The Story Of Ourselves
...company, he now cultivates x hectares of coffee, producing x number of coffee beans a year, from which x number of cups, including yours, are made. Now ask yourself: did...
Sentences
...a tangent. Sentences – common problems Here I work through some common problems with sentences and give you strategies for solving them. Length Most writing guides will tell you that...