Category Archives: Writing

How to Cook a Story on a Slow Burner

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Trish

No guarantees this will work for you, but if you’re stumped for a story idea, or plain ‘stuck’, you have nothing to lose. And if you’re here by mistake, thought this was a foodie blog and it has never occurred … Continue reading →

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Tips for Creative Travel Writing Part 3

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Trish

  These last five topics – theme, structure, beginnings/endings, voice, and detail – are closely related. Blend them like an exquisite curry and your travelogue will be as tasty and memorable. Theme A theme – an idea or perspective that … Continue reading →

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Tips for Creative Travel Writing: Part 2

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Trish

  Longinus from Masks of the Moryons Last week I shared some fiction writing techniques – hook, character, point of view, back-story and flashback – to enrich travel writing without being tempted to ‘make it up’. Here are five more: … Continue reading →

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Tips for Creative Travel Writing: Part 1

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Trish

Non-fiction authors lack the freedom of fiction writers to ‘make things up’. We have to show factual truth as best we can discern it. Without such authenticity our reputations are at risk. But avoiding invention does not mean we can’t … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Voice and Gogol’s Paintbrush

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Trish

  Are writers in danger of losing their ‘voices’? Forgetting who they are and why they write while they strain to ‘give the readers what they want’? And having followed one’s ‘voice’, does it lead to heaven, or hell? Big … Continue reading →

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