Tense and point of view: part five

One of the unexpected outcomes of being a literary agent is that it means I am in the privileged position of knowing exactly how tough it is to forge a career with your pen. As a result, it is always

K.S. Ford has always been a storyteller but only began writing novels after he retired in 2020. The Woman Who Loves is his seventh original story and the first one written outside of his own experienc

This month’s story, ‘The Curious Case of Davidson’s Eyes’ by HG Wells, has a superficially simple premise. But, as we’ll see, that premise throws up a lot of conundrums in the course of the narrative.

The word is enough to send shudders through many painters, and not just beginners. For me, an understanding of perspective was absolutely fundamental in allowing me to create an accurate drawing and p

Those who believe that AI will never replace human writers are misguided. It’s already happening. It has already happened. I’m a copywriter by trade and AI is rapidly replacing us. It can produce thin

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