Showing posts with label Narrative. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Narrative. Show all posts
Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Power of Stories

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The blog of fantasy author Deborah J. Ross, "In Troubled Times," includes a post on the healing function of stories: How Stories...
Thursday, January 20, 2022

Presently Tense

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Does anybody really like fiction narrated in the present tense? Apparently, to my bafflement, many people actually do, since that device see...
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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Survival Through Storytelling

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Recently I came across an ad for a book subtitled something like, "How to survive hard times by telling stories." I can't find...
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Thursday, July 22, 2021

No Time Like the Present?

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What accounts for the current fad of present-tense narrative in fiction? Most of the time, it makes my teeth grind with annoyance. Even a re...
Thursday, October 03, 2019

Bait-and-Switch Book Beginnings

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Stephen King's latest novel (which I consider one of his best recent works), THE INSTITUTE, starts with a long section from the viewpoin...
Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Cozy Science Fiction Part 2 - Style and Voice by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Cozy Science Fiction Part 2 Style and Voice by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Last week we introduced the concept of "Cozy" Sci...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Depiction Part 3: Internal Conflict by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Depiction Part 3 Internal Conflict by Jacqueline Lichtenberg That saying is a nutshell statement of what we're discussing in this...