

The Process and Action of Reading
Something that we take for granted, something that you are doing right now, is the process and action of reading. Â The word comes from...


Owen Barfield and 'Original Participation'
(Some of this blog article is drawn from the blog of Father Stephen Freeman, an Orthodox priest in the United States, whose continuing...


The Strand of Goodness in C. S. Lewis
There’s a strand running through Lewis which observers and critics put down to his Christianity but which can be seen in other terms, at...


Independently Publishing Your Book
Independently publishing your book can be a daunting process, but there is hope. Of all the data and requirements you’re bombarded with,...


Northrop Frye: An Order of Words
Fiction is indeed a vast universe, but it follows laws not dissimilar to those laws we take for granted in the physical universe around...


Endings
In finishing your story, you are trying to do two basic things: Â 1. Make the ending seem like the consequence of everything that has...


Caging Unsuspecting Readers
Master authors use every trick in the book to capture and hold reader attention. They invented 'the book', which is what makes them...


12 Ways to Increase Tension
Even the simplest story is driven forward on the back of the basic questions ‘What will happen next?’ and ‘What is really going on?’ They...


Master Authors and Four Key Questions
Successful stories ask readers four key questions:  ‘What will happen next?’  This question forms the basis of even the most primitive...