In Defence of Flashback

I know that some writers – and editors – view the use of flashback with some misgivings, objecting to it because the reader is made to look back at events which have already happened and therefore knows there is a positive outcome (your heroine is still alive and...
An Alphabet of Better Writing # S

An Alphabet of Better Writing # S

S is for…Setting The setting of a story can be crucial.  It’s certainly never incidental and you shouldn’t underestimate the importance of it.  Apparently writer Catherine Czerkawska discovered to her dismay that publishers wouldn’t take a...