Alex Hijmans (author of Favela, Aiséirí and more recently An tearmann) has written a piece for Tuairisc.ie about settings in stories, and their importance in creative writing. He also speaks about the imagined setting for his most recent novel, and how he came about constructing it as he wrote. Ach an oiread le duine a mbeadh teach á thógáil aige, mar sin, ní mór don scríbhneoir a bheith cúramach agus suíomh á roghnú aige. Ar ndóigh,…
Continue readingTá píosa scríofa ag údair linne, Colm Ó Ceallacháin ar Tuairisc.ie faoin scríbhneoireacht. Seo blaiseadh beag de: Scríobhaim go páirtaimseartha, is é sin, scríobhaim nuair is féidir liom. Glacaim leis gur cacamas a bheidh sa chéad dréacht (is sa dréacht deiridh freisin, b’fhéidir), rud a shaorann mé le scríobh gan srian. Má ritheann an t-ádh liom beidh rud éigin – téama, coibhneas, líne comhrá fiú – le tarrtháil ón bpraiseach seo, rud éigin gur féidir…
Continue readingOrna Ní Choileáin has recently put together a guest-blog for writing.ie, in which she speaks about the writing process and the difficulties involved in writing for young readers. Writing inspiration I realised that there was a lack of books in the genre of fantasy in Irish, and I wanted to fill that gap. Having decided I would be writing a vampire story, I wanted it to be different from what was already available. There were many books at the…
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