People Not Characters
Characterisation Part IIIRay Bradbury wrote in Zen in the Art of Writing: “Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to…
Borrowing a rib and breathing life
Characterisation Part IIFollowing on from Craig Burnett’s post Kirk, and continuing our characterisation series, we hear from Alie Benge on crafting a believable character.
So, um, what is creative nonfiction exactly?
By Headland Managing Editor Liesl NunnsWe love getting creative nonfiction submissions at Headland. We’d love to get more. We’d love to publish more.
Who is telling our stories?
Narrative Voice: Part ThreeWe’re wrapping up our Issue 8 narrative voice series with Charlotte Rutty. Read previous posts by Sandra Arnold and Emma Robinson.
Narrative Voice: Adjusting the shadows
Voice and other questions: Part TwoWe asked Headland authors featured in Issue 8 some questions around narrative voice: do they write with a particular message in mind or greater thematic purpose? Is…
Narrative Voice
Voice and other questions: Part OneFor Issue 8 we’re exploring narrative voice. We asked a couple of Issue 8 writers some questions about their ‘voice’.
This is how it ends
Let’s Talk About Endings: Part TwoWe are continuing our discussion of endings for our Issue 7 series.
