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My name's Kate, and I live inside a novel-in-progress by Leona Theis. I show up here every week or two, and I talk about what it's like to be written. Which means the site is also a peep show into how one writer writes and a resource for thinking about creativity.
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Seven basic plots?
I suppose you’ve heard there are only seven basic plots in all of literature. Or three, or twenty, or thirty-six. Possibly only one. It depends on whose taxonomy you read. In the real world of novels, of course, things are … Continue reading
Excuses, excuses
Sorry, can’t stop to talk today. In the novel where I live and breathe and mess things up, things have taken a bad turn, and it’s my fault. My sister Pen may never forgive me. I’m not sure I would, … Continue reading
Vancouver then and now
In the novel where I live and breathe and spend my days, I’m on a quest. I undertake this quest in Vancouver in the summer of 1998. There’s a strong resemblance between this quest of mine and a parallel project … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged creativity, Marine Building, story, Vancouver, writing, writing process
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Tinkerbell syndrome
I am one happy character today. My author, L, has reopened my file and taken up writing about me again. It’s been a long, long time. She had a cartload of excuses. She was teaching. She was writer-in residence for … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Writing
Tagged creativity, editing, story, storytelling, Tinkerbell, writing process
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