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Building a Story Ep 2: Plots

In this video I will be talking all about Plots and how I construct them.

Hello and welcome back to Imagination Mansion. In this blogpost I will be discussing plots and how I come up with them. Now plots are the trickiest thing, for me, to narrow down into how I come up with them and how I construct them because they tend to come tied to the character orContinue reading “Building a Story Ep2: Plot”

My Notebook Collection 2021 Edition

Something a little different this week – I take a look at all the notebooks I have accumulated over the years. Which ones are your favourite?

My creative influences: Books

Here is my video which accompanies my blog post on the same topic – I ramble a bit but I just love books too much.

My Creative Influences: Books

Hello and welcome back to Imagination Mansion. Today I thought I would talk about the things that have inspired me to write and what I write over the years. In this blog, I will focus on the books that have influenced my ideas throughout my reading life. The first book in my list, which I thinkContinue reading “My Creative Influences: Books”

Building a Story: Characters

So I am calling this series Building a Story and this is episode one where I discuss how I build my characters and what should be kept in mind when creating your own.

I am a Writer

I have a new video up on my YouTube channel talking about my plans for both my writing and future videos.

Book Review of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby is a fantastic piece of literature. As soon as I read this book I fell in love with it; the plot, setting, characters, and everything else. The main reason I think as to why I took to this book so quickly was the fact that I found myself comparing myself with theContinue reading “Book Review of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald”

Book Review of Delicious! by Ruth Reichl

Delicious! is a story where the narrator, a young woman named Billie, joins the ragtag team from a cookery magazine as an assistant writer. Whilst doing her job she meets new people and also discovers letters between a young girl and a past editor of the magazine dating from World War II. As the storyContinue reading “Book Review of Delicious! by Ruth Reichl”

Book Review of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

(mild spoilers) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is the story of Achilles from Greek Mythology told through the eyes of his friend and lover Patroclus. Going into the book, as I was acquainted with the original Mythos, I knew it would not have a happy ending. Achilles did not have the happiest ofContinue reading “Book Review of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller”