The post discusses the narrative use of time and time-shifts and the challenges they pose for writers. It emphasizes the importance of purposeful time shifts, providing examples and insights from a writer’s workshop. Additionally, the post invites writers to join Jane Messer’s interactive online workshops.
This is a copy of a review that I wrote for The Conversation recently. Sydney…
This passage is from the contemporary British author Deborah Levy’s memoir, The Cost of Living:…
This is my second post for writers on the topic of the first person ‘I’ in creative nonfiction and memoir.
One of my life’s aims is to swim in as many lakes, rivers, pools and…
Over my many years of teaching creative writing I’ve written a great deal for students…
I declare the ‘writer’s garret’ a myth. By which I mean that the image of…