You know you've found the right name for a character when you speak that name aloud and the character shouts: 'Hey! That's me!' In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the protagonists are a man and his boy, both unnamed. In this case, the lack of names makes the characters and the message they convey more … Continue reading Naming Characters
The doctors told her she had lung cancer. There was nothing they could do about it. ‘You have 2 years left, at most. Sorry.’ For a while she felt miserable and wept. But soon her tears dried. From then on she prepared her modest funeral. And she started smoking too.
Writing makes me happy. If I don’t write, I feel miserable. But there are other reasons why I chose to be a writer... (In no particular order.) To work from home in my pyjamas while drinking hot tea and eating honeyed biscuits. To arouse the imagination of children and tickle the hearts of women and … Continue reading 13 Reasons Why I Chose to Be a Writer
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