Ever notice how poets write some of the most powerful fiction and non-fiction out there? Think of Margaret Atwood, Janet Frame, Elizabeth Bishop, and Victoria Redel, just to name a few. Among the things that make these authors masters of the prose form is their reverence for how individual words sound. They understand that vowel…
Category Archives: Non-Fiction
Hallmarks Of An Effective Flashback
In narrative, we catch characters in the middle of things but each story has its own history. A flashback moves back in time, catching us up on the significant events that happened before the story’s opening. It can fill in essential backstory, influence the way we view the present, or illuminate a character’s desires and…
