What do you want as a writer? To produce great work and find your fair share of readers – that’s a given – but what about on a deeper level? Are you the type of writer who wants to change the world, or do you just love words and take joy in making them dance?
Let’s begin with a revelation. Or, I suppose, two revelations. The drag is that only one of them can surprise you. As mentioned, you may be the sort of person who already knows both, but if not, you’re in for a real shock. Ready?
In this article, I’ll be taking a look at how to identify bizarro fiction and how to use that knowledge to improve your own bizarro writing. We’ll end with a useful exercise you can try at your desk (it involves cowboys,) but for now, our first question is obvious…
‘Culture’ is a strange concept, an attempt to define a group by attaching a consistent attitude to their art. Some argue that it’s something you understand on an instinctual level, while others claim it’s nothing more than a construct created by powerful commercial and political influencers. However it forms, there’s no denying that a group’s …
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