Storyteching: UPDATE

A few weeks ago I blogged about interactive novels in my post ‘Storyteching’ and got a bit of a mixed bag of responses, which is always nice to see. I mentioned an article in the post, that reviewed a new interactive adaptation of John Buchan’s novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. I wasn’t able to fully comment on … Continue reading →

Guys, Girls and Dialogue

I’ve never really given much thought to how completely gender-specific dialogue can be. Usually I just read the speech and instinctively know that it doesn’t sound quite right. But after reading this article by Writer’s Digest I can see how the subtlest things can change dialogue dramatically. Although every character and writing style is different, … Continue reading →

you’re on a deserted island…

And you have to choose 5 books to keep your sanity intact until help arrives. It’s something we’ve all thought about at some point, and as much as we’d all love to take a shopping trolley or a truck full of books with us to that lonely spit of land, we can’t. Them’s the rules. My … Continue reading →