Epiphanies are rubbish. Restate: Epiphany stories are rubbish. This isn’t to say that I haven’t written stories that might be called epiphany stories, or that you won’t catch me out (very soon) (probably immediately after I finish this) writing another epiphany story. I’m not going to make the argument, which others have, that epiphany stories […]

Most readers want value added. They have been led to expect it. They demand it and, when they think they’ve found it, they reward it. Most readers want more from novels than a mere story. They want to feel they are gaining privileged access (to an area of the world or life from which they would […]