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Finding Story Talismans and Motifs

October 20, 2020Leave a comment

Motifs are not necessarily part of the story and often do not carry any extra meaning for the characters themselves. It is a relationship between the author and audience... the symbols must be both subtle yet significant | Shannon Meyerkort

The New Writer’s Room

May 19, 2015June 18, 20204 Comments

Her back to the view, the new writer faces a blank wall. ‘Imagination must meet memory in the dark’, Annie Dillard wrote, ‘appealing workplaces must be avoided.’ And so despite the fresh new space which has been created just for her, a space crying out for colour and attention, the new writer assumes the position, … Continue reading The New Writer’s Room

I Write, Therefore I Am

April 26, 2013June 18, 20201 Comment

Tonight I went to the first Perth catch-up of the Australian Writers' Centre. It was rather late notice, but 22 Perth writers found themselves in the middle of the city on a Friday night, in a reluctant circle, drinking wine. We were a mixed bag. Young, old, novelists, ex-journos, bloggers. Published, unpublished. Enthusiastic. Jaded. Like … Continue reading I Write, Therefore I Am

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