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Hi @Daedalus

Thanks for taking time out to answer my thoughts.

I hadn’t thought of it that way before, that film/video is better at placing significant information in the background of shots. That’s something that can be difficult in writing — at least I find it difficult — and often requires a setting to be introduced earlier than the.…[Read more]

Brilliant news, Richard! Many congratulations.

And Kate too. Really good.

Congratulations @alex . Well deserved.

I loved Ath’s and Knicks’ stories too. So atmospheric and full of life’s complications.

Congratulations to both of you. Good luck for the shortlist.

I think ‘potentially static’ probably referenced one of those generalised statements that crop up when creative writing is discussed. There could be a nugget of wisdom in there but as shorthand it’s too cryptic to decipher and I couldn’t reverse engineer it to anything that might be a pitfall we should be aware of. It doesn’t seem to be like the…[Read more]

It is odd. Almost as if the commentator was doing a list for a creative writing course: what are the pros and cons of etc etc. But among the reasons I have for not enjoying a novel or short story, static-ness (?) isn’t among them. Slowness, yes of course, and an apparent lack of narrative thread, and straightforward dullness, but I don’t think…[Read more]

Hmm, essay alert — me pontificating. I think Modernists such as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf had an excellent  grasp on the categories of psychic distance, although they probably didn’t call it that, going instead for stream of consciousness, free indirect style and omniscience. They announced themselves to be influenced by cinema and used it…[Read more]

Dragonflies are increasing Dragonfly species are colonising the UK ‘at a greater rate than ever before’ | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)

I can’t remember if it was last summer or 2020 that we had dragonflies in the garden even though there are no ponds nearby.

The Big Butterfly Count starts today if you’re interested — and can cope with the heat!

I like Sandra’s idea of being able to expand our profiles, not just for new members but for existing ones. Apart from topics that come up in posts, I mostly don’t know what is interesting to fellow Denizens, either long term or temporarily. I’m thinking of writing and reading though anything else is welcome too.