English civil war use of English
This article discusses some of the problems that arise with the use of English when writing the dialogue for a short story or novel that is set in the English civil war period of the 1640s, or is set in …
March 23, 2010
Civil war scenarios
This English civil war scenario, an episode from a short story which I’m writing, recounts how an officer in the Parliamentary army (what might nowadays be called the ‘pro-democracy Parliamentary army’) somewhat brutally recruits men for the army by subjecting …
March 16, 2010
Tricky writing technique
This opening paragraph in a short story about the English civil war which I’m writing identifies the main character, the location, the period in which the story is set and even identifies the conflict in the story.
It’s economical – …