Ah, Purple Prose; sensually evocative beyond the requirements of its context. The prominence now days of the teenager writer it would appear, or oft for those that write for them. Lets face it, we all at one time or another wrote in that manner. A comment made earlier in the day made me think of [...]
Archive for July 30, 2009
Fantasy Cliches to Avoid: Part One
Posted: July 30, 2009 in writing updateTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, Short story, writing, writing update
Recently came across a post at Obsidian Bookshelf called Fantasy Writing Cliches to Avoid. I’m going to make my way through the list over a couple of days and see what I have and haven’t avoided. Architecture. An historic castle is sometimes really tiny! I seem to have avoided this by not really having castles. [...]
Background Notes Done
Posted: July 30, 2009 in Pure Escapism, writing updateTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
I’ve gone through each page for each short story currently available and finished off the background notes for each. Nothing profound; just a little something relating to how the story came about or something of interest within the story and what was behind it.
