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Dancing in the Wind: Extract 3: Who is Rosie?

Dancing in the Wind Extract 1: Iseult Dances

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in Dublin, and the three characters we first met in Her Secret Rose are deeply unsettled. The world famous poet, WB Yeats, Yeats, “having come to 50...

IN THE HOUR Chapter 1

Okay, that's it. I've done it. No more drafts. It’s done. It’s simple. It’s to the point. It works. Just press Send. From: jodevereux@aol.com To: roryodonovan1995@eircom.net Dear Rory, I read about your wife’s passing in RIP.ie. She seems to have been a wonderful...
IN THE HOUR Haiku Planning

IN THE HOUR Haiku Planning

I recently learned the most marvelous story planning technique from fiction writer and teacher Linda Cracknell—using haiku to outline/plan your story. She uses it for the short story but I’ve now adopted it for chapter plans—one haiku per chapter to release its heart...