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The skating minister: how I found a protagonist
/in Bernice Barry, Blog, Books, Writing /by Bernice BarryThis is the story of a protagonist and how he found his way into my imagination. In late 2014, I had the bare bones of a new book, the themes and basic structure. I had the main characters too, but I still knew very little about them. I was really challenging myself when I suddenly […]
Research for writing 2: THE TEXTURE OF LIVED EXPERIENCE
/in Bernice Barry, Blog, Research, Writing /by Bernice BarryThe writing has been going slowly during the last couple of weeks, not because I’ve been slacking but because I’ve been researching more than usual as I write. It’s a reminder that research, for a writer, is so much more than checking names and dates and background events when drafting the plot. I’ve been reading […]
Pleased to meet you!
/2 Comments/in Bernice Barry, Blog, Writing /by Bernice BarryIt’s been happening again, that thing. I’m sitting at my keyboard, thinking I’m writing a novel and doing what authors do. Managing the plot. Creating characters. Making things happen. Deciding who does what and why. After all, it’s fiction. Then, even as I type the words, I become an observer. Forced to stop my silly […]
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