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  • The spear cane

    • January 18, 2020
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    Like all narratives, ‘Casanova in Paris’ is filled with props: letters, mirrors, carriages, cards, books, masks, hammers, stakes, coins and on and on.  These have all kinds of uses.  Most obviously, they help to establish the scene.  For a story set in the past, they are crucial for indicating the time period.  Their importance will
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  • Information, information, information

    • December 14, 2019
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      When readers turn up for a story the creators have to provide the information the readers need in order to construct the world that they will be inhabiting for its duration.  They, of course, won’t be a blank slate.  They will arrive prepared with their own expectations and knowledge of genre, character, plot development,
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  • Backstory

    • November 9, 2019
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      Most people have an overwhelming fascination for the lives of others, what we have in common with them, how we are different, their trajectories, how they start, how they finish, the balance of their strengths and weakness, the way they suffer, succeed or fail.  Every other person is in some way a version of
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