Loved the references to London especially as I drove through New Cross and past Goldsmiths yesterday. Now looking at it with new pairs if eyes! There’s a fast pace to this piece of writing hichI really like as a reader. How does one achieve that?
That's a million dollar question. I can tell you I feel fully immersed when I'm writing, if that helps. And I let the characters speak. There's a beat to it which I'm aware of, and a foresight they have which is often greater than mine, so the exercise is often one of trust; they know where they're going, I let them go.
That’s great to read. I often ponder about planning and plotting and so far my main fiction pieces are shorter ones or poems and I kind of worry when the characters go off like that but when I try to bring them back to something it feels like they know better. Thank you for explaining the crossroads for me for this one. I’ve not been part of the previous one, but something told me I should read 26. Are they available still and in a similar style? Do I read them in any particular order?
Always so enamored with your prose, E. Phenomenal chapters this week.
Loved the references to London especially as I drove through New Cross and past Goldsmiths yesterday. Now looking at it with new pairs if eyes! There’s a fast pace to this piece of writing hichI really like as a reader. How does one achieve that?
That's a million dollar question. I can tell you I feel fully immersed when I'm writing, if that helps. And I let the characters speak. There's a beat to it which I'm aware of, and a foresight they have which is often greater than mine, so the exercise is often one of trust; they know where they're going, I let them go.
That’s great to read. I often ponder about planning and plotting and so far my main fiction pieces are shorter ones or poems and I kind of worry when the characters go off like that but when I try to bring them back to something it feels like they know better. Thank you for explaining the crossroads for me for this one. I’ve not been part of the previous one, but something told me I should read 26. Are they available still and in a similar style? Do I read them in any particular order?
It's a novel, so yes, start with the Prologue - https://open.substack.com/pub/eleanoranstruther/p/prologue?r=1iyx7n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web . Successive chapters are linked at the bottom of each post.
Great!
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