by Anne Skyvington | Jan 13, 2019 | Writing A Novel
How to Write a Novel After gaining a Teaching Certificate in 1965, I embarked on a journey from Australia to England, passing along the Suez Canal shortly before its forced closure by Egypt. My eventual goal was France, following in the footsteps of my older brother,...
by Anne Skyvington | Dec 17, 2018 | Writing A Novel
Alone not lonely is Maureen Mendelowitz’s second novella to be published by Ginninderra Press (2018). See my post about her first book on this site. I attended the successful launch of the 2nd book at JewishCare Centre in Woollahra recently. The date coincided...
by Anne Skyvington | Mar 26, 2018 | Writing A Novel
I really enjoyed this novella, published by Ginninderra Press, about an unrequited love relationship set in South Africa during apartheid. The voice is unique: poetic and full of beauty from the outset. Themes are universal: love, friendship, family issues, mystery,...
by Anne Skyvington | Mar 17, 2018 | Writing A Novel
I have recently been researching diagrams to represent the Narrative Arc. I had completed a personal memoir, River Girl, based partly on childhood memories, that was complex in structure. How was I to analyse and to improve, if necessary, on this work in terms of its...
by Anne Skyvington | Dec 3, 2016 | Writing A Novel
An Australian Story Set in the Forties and Fifties POV Choices: Say you are writing a story set in the forties and fifties. You have a character in mind, a young woman, Enid, who has the world at her feet… “the world is her oyster” … in a way. She has strengths,...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 15, 2016 | Travel, Writing A Novel
The bridge is pleasing to the eye. It’s perfect in its simplicity. You can only appreciate the grace of its arcs from a distance, or from the pebbly beach down below. Looking up you see a figure standing on the topmost point of the arc. A man is waiting until...
