Historical competition
The bare bones of what a short story should be.
The bare bones of what a short story should be.
I was about to start on the horse flesh idea I listed for a Writing Magazine competition and thinking of where the story starts, which is not always at the beginning but where the dramatic […]
I’ve talked about the short story competitions in Writing Magazine several times but have yet to give it a try. The trouble is, I’ve other things to write up and there’s no point in submitting […]
The background to a new novel set in the 1820 uprising in Scotland
an idea for a short story about food
I had three options for a story for Writers Magazine in which food played a major part. One was the last two men of the Arctic expedition wondering who would eat who to survive. It’s […]
More ideas for having food as a major element in a short story.
More about developing story ideas.
Making a list helps me generate story lines.
Aids to imagination are crazy