Tag: thoughts on writing

Talk Like a Canadian, eh? Flesh out Canadian Characters

Talk Like a Canadian, eh? Flesh out Canadian Characters

Published May 20, 2015 By JD Stanley

If you’ve ever attempted to write Canadian characters into some prose and you’re not a native Canadian speaker, you may need to study up some. Otherwise, your character is going to end up sounding like a parody of Bob and…

Wizards and scribes – storytellers are born not made

Published January 16, 2014 By JD Stanley

Wizards and scribes – storytellers are born not made Storytellers are writers who wield their pens (er, or keyboards) with a brilliance and finesse that appears to defy logic and the writing rules in some cases. You’ve seen them. You…