This sobering message is one of
the first things I learned when I attended my first fiction writing workshop,
way back when. Pen in hand, bristling to unleash tales of earth-shattering
originality, I was informed by my tutor that, actually, there are no new
stories. It’s all done before, loads of times, and the only new thing a creative brings to the story
is their unique point of view.
Every day I am grateful for receiving
this insight early on. It saved me from wasting years at the keyboard trying to
be different, or original or clever. It also made me look at stories, in whatever
from they take, in a different way.
Which is a rather long winded
way of saying this blog is all about different ways of telling stories. It is
where I explore different forms of storytelling, what works, what doesn’t --and
why. I am not interested in writing reviews or focusing on only books or film
or art. My interest lays in how the story is told.
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