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How to use an ancient language in a novel part 2
This is part two of a series called ‘How to use an ancient language in a novel.’…
How to use an ancient language in a novel
How to use an ancient language when writing a novel in modern English.
How to avoid writing about a ‘banned’ topic
Here’s one way of ethically avoiding mentioning the corona virus if you’re writing a novel. ‘Ethically’ means…
When it isn’t okay to say okay
Writing Plague Doctor Three (and Plague Doctor Two) created a few problems. Linguistic and cultural problems. Rylee,…
How to chill to an ambiguous word
That embarrassing moment when you realise that you’ve written a word that can also mean something else….
First, do no harm
It’s easy to be contemptous of history, contemptous of historical figures, to mock certain military generals for…
To my horror
This piece of writing seemed fine at first but when I edited it I saw that it…
Scene breaks overkill
Scene breaks are a way of separating scenes in novels, to distinguish the end of one scene…
Are you ready now?
Or are you now ready? This was a pretty interesting exercise in how to use your writing…
Shooting a promotional video for a historical novel
Just a few thoughts on shooting a promotional video to publicise a historical novel and posting it…
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