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The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

Claire: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Hard Times, Charles Dickens" is Tale of Two Cities, isn't it

"The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there"...The Go-Between, L.P Hartley, 1953. An Introduction to the Classics: The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley - The Oxford Blue

I need to double-down on my third novel rewrite - although I need to keep doing short fiction too - so yep, count me in, and I'll see what a focussed month can do for me.

Shit! Yes it was! Thanks for spotting @MattScho

"The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there"...The Go-Between, L.P Hartley, 1953. An Introduction to the Classics: The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley - The Oxford Blue

One that really hits me: " Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Attwood.

Nikky! Just what i need right now, to write now. I need to do a full third rewrite, and have been putting it off because, you know, lotta stuff on YouTube that needs time wasted on it. I looked last night and thought, i am gonna set a deadline...

I have always believed that storytelling was a basic human need and never before thought that it was related to our flaws.

The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

"Now, what I want is Facts. " is Hard Times

The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

Shit! Yes it was! Thanks for spotting @MattScho

"How happy I am that I am gone!" From The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe. It's about 18th century proto-incel Werther who wears yellow trousers and thinks the universe owes him happiness. He shoots himself when he doesn't get it.

New blog post by Claire Gallagher Great Novel Openings Quiz As writers, we all know how important it is to grip the reader from the very start. Intriguing, surprising and thought-provoking, these opening lines are widely recognised as some of...