English civil war story: writing a treachery and violence scene
This post looks at writing a scene for a story about the English civil war that involves treachery and violence between the intelligence agencies of the Royalist forces and the Parliamentary forces
I’m pretty convinced that each army in the English …
March 30, 2010
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 …