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Chapter 17 - Rose finds a mummified body in a suit #literature #instaliterature #lovereading #book #writing #instabooks #instareading #instawriting #bookstagram #bookish #literary #writers #booklover #bookblogger #author #writerscommunity #iamreading #booklovers #bibliophile #books #freebooks #bookchat

How go you give characters subtle nuance, believable complexity, layered reality? One trick is to write them and then switch the gender, race, sexuality, skin colour - however much we keep our conscious thoughts and actions in line, we all have unconscious bias. This is one way to trick it into the light! Any other tips? After a bit of a break, we’re back with Sweetness and Light chapter 16. Link in bio. #literature #instaliterature #lovereading #book #writing #instabooks #instareading #instawriting #bookstagram #bookish #literary #writers #booklover #bookblogger #author #writerscommunity #iamreading #booklovers #bibliophile #books #freebooks #bookchat

Is there an image in a book that’s really stuck with you, stayed in your head like something from a particularly vivid dream? I think Holden in the merry-go-round in The Catcher in the Rye, or the face at the window in The Woman In Black. Or maybe the sleeping dragon in A Wizard of Earthsea. There’s something about it being slightly startling, painterly, odd. Anyway tonight in Sweetness and Light Rose sees a Clive’s startled head on the walk like a hunting trophy. Link in bio #literature #instaliterature #lovereading #book #writing #instabooks #instareading #instawriting #bookstagram #bookish #literary #writers #booklover #bookblogger #author #writerscommunity #iamreading #booklovers #bibliophile #books #freebooks #bookchat

What do you think of novels with two timelines? I think to work well the two stories need to interact, effect each other. In Possession, the two love stories almost seem to move each other on. I actually can’t think of another book I love on two timelines - I wonder whether it’s too hard to pull off or more literary writers are snobbish about it? I also think you need a really different voice for each timeline so the reader’s not confused and so there’s a payoff for them (two different stories for the price of one!) and you need to keep the energy of plot movement in both. Anyway, chapter 14 of Sweetness and Light is up, and we’re back in the seventies... link in bio. #literature #instaliterature #lovereading #book #writing #instabooks #instareading #instawriting #bookstagram #bookish #literary #writers #booklover #bookblogger #author #writerscommunity #iamreading #booklovers #bibliophile #books #freebooks #bookchat

What do you think makes a story build in ominousness? What subtle things can take something from everyday into creepy and threatening? In images it would be strong shadows, slight distortion, a sense that something is just a little off - we are, as prey, highly tuned to these visual clues that something’s not right. Can we use the same tricks in literature do you think? Anyway, chapter 13 of Sweetness and Light is up - see profile #literature #instaliterature #lovereading #book #writing #instabooks #instareading #instawriting #bookstagram #bookish #literary #writers #booklover #bookblogger #author #writerscommunity #iamreading #booklovers #bibliophile #books #freebooks #bookchat

Back to 1975. Hand on a minute ... who’s Ralph???! Latest instalment of Sweetness and Light is up - see link in profile. #literature #instaliterature #lovereading #book #writing #instabooks #instareading #instawriting #bookstagram #bookish #literary #writers #booklover #bookblogger #author #writerscommunity #iamreading #booklovers #bibliophile #books #freebooks #bookchat

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