Litrefs Articles

There are many styles of critiques, even at workshops. Some have names (Narratology, Deconstructionism, etc), some are tendencies (character...

Paul Stephenson's noted for his use of forms. The forms aren't often traditional. The most common device is repetition of words/phra...

Today’s going to be a mix of light and heavy items, of interactive and chalk-and-talk items. Genre’s a slippery topic, so we’re going to ta...

"The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" mixes genres though it's much more comedy than SF - Adams would do anything for a l...

"A kind of heaven" and "1982", the stories that start and finish David Almond's story collection "A kind of hea...

Language and content You want readers to care about your characters don’t you? You want them to feel what the characters feel. If getting...

This article looks at the different ways an author might get single poems or stories published, comparing the situation with the publication...