by Julia Robinson | May 22, 2017 | Julia Robinson
My flash story Shells was published recently by Reflex Fiction. The story is written from a second person narrative point of view and is one that I had not used before in previous work. This short piece is a reflection The second person point of view, put simply, is...
by Julia Robinson | Dec 23, 2016 | Julia Robinson
In his study of the short story, HE Bates said; “A writer’s method is, on final assessment, himself.” (Bates, 1972, p214). A particularly apt statement from an author who, it seems, produced a considerable amount of his midland’s based writing from memory. ...
by Julia Robinson | Oct 31, 2015 | Julia Robinson
My work has appeared in various journals including Paper Swans Press. Paper Swans accepted for publication my flash story ‘Lost Children’ for inclusion in an anthology called ‘School Days.’ Web: www.paperswans.co.uk Twitter: @paperswanspress There is also a...
by Julia Robinson | Jan 29, 2015 | Julia Robinson
I have been giving some consideration this month to the uses of the photographical in creative writing and its relevance particularly in shorter fiction. By inviting the reader to look through a photographic lens how do we as writers hope to ‘animate’ the reader? How...
by Julia Robinson | Dec 12, 2014 | Julia Robinson
All the short stories I write are chiefly about ‘seeing’. But their starting points are often an idea or even a memory rather than the ubiquitous ‘picture prompt’. I note here in summary the creative, critical and poetic considerations of the story Lost Children. The...
