by Jeanette Taylor | Feb 11, 2017 | Book & Movie Reviews, Writing Tips
The Art of History, Unlocking the Past in Fiction & Nonfiction, Christopher Bram Books about writing history are hard to find, so this new addition to the canon is a prize—in every sense. The Art of History is a slim volume that packs a lot of punch. Christopher...
by Jeanette Taylor | Jan 11, 2017 | BC History Tales
The Big Winter Mary Bryant’s First Year on Quadra Island, BC Loneliness plagued most of the bachelors who settled on the Discovery Islands in the 1890s, when the Euro-Canadian gender balance was about ten men to one woman. It wasn’t so bad in spring and...
by Jeanette Taylor | Dec 1, 2016 | Writing Tips
What is a “Story”? Think of a favourite family story. You’ve heard that tale repeatedly but it never fails to bring a gasp or a laugh. Now—deconstruct that story. It’s not likely to be a memory of a picnic on a perfect summer day, when everything went right....
by Jeanette Taylor | Nov 11, 2016 | Writing Tips
Story Structure Gives Readers a Path to Follow Whether it’s a novel or a fact-based essay, your story needs a structure, a logical flow that’s like a winding path through a wilderness of ideas and details. Readers want assurance there’s a clear direction for this...
by Jeanette Taylor | Oct 26, 2016 | Writing Tips
Show Readers What’s Happening Give Them the Details So They Can Draw Their own Conclusions Readers want to be active participants in the story—to draw their own conclusions, rather than simply be told what the narrator thinks. So for passages or scenes where you...
