I started writing this series because I want to get back into writing fiction this year. In addition, it is a way for me to remember what I learned while writing a short story a day during NaNoWriMo in 2014. In the […]
In yesterday’s article, I suggested three ways to pick stories from everyday life. Today I am going to talk about how to develop them into a stories. You have to keep in mind that this form of storytelling is different from plot-driven […]
Everyone likes stories. Stories are how we communicate. But, the best stories are the stories that are close to home – stories from everyday life. Storytelling is important not only for fiction writers but the non-fiction writers too. What makes non-fiction interesting […]
Three years ago, we moved to Darwin with my husband’s job during the famous build-up season. He had been offered a project manager position with a housing development project for the indigenous community. Since our kids were young, we decided to use […]
In the summer of 2015, I wrote the first draft of my first novel. Like the thousands all over the world, I wanted to see whether I could churn out 50,000 words in one month while participating in NaNoWriMo. I did. But […]
Aunt Olivia looks forward to the arrival of the community carer Lara who comes three times a week to help her with the shower and other little things she can’t do herself after her hip operation. Twenty-three years old Lara is the […]