I wrote this piece for the Guardian - ‘The City is Mine’. As a result, I received a number of very sweet e-mails from people with their own memories and thoughts about walking through the city at night. It strikes me that this is ripe territory for fiction, for ‘Flight Paths’ in particular, [...]
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Kate on Point of View
As well as the business of giving characters names as discussed elsewhere in ‘Flight Paths’, another major issue when it comes to starting to create a piece of work is figuring out what kind of voice, or voices, to use. Style, tone, and point of view all come into [...]
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“I have finished my weekly supermarket shop, stocking up on provisions for my three kids, my husband, our dog and our cat. I push the loaded trolley across the car park, battling to keep its wonky wheels on track. I pop open the boot of my car and then for some reason, I [...]
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