Posts by Holly
The Emergence of Life-Writing in the 19th Century and How It has Shaped Modern Biography
As the nineteenth century progressed, a spotlight was shone on modern autobiography and biography. In the previous century, confessional and spiritual autobiographies had been the dominant genre and were primarily concerned with moral or spiritual transformation. However, the 19th century saw a greater shift towards more secular life stories.
Read MoreWriting from the soul
Writing creative content from deep within your soul is an incredibly refreshing feeling. It allows you to get your thoughts, feelings, emotions, ideas, and deep conscience out on paper. For those who are in an attempt to refresh their minds and understand more about themselves, or how to overcome their emotional issues, here is everything…
Read MoreGroup Processes
Albert Einstein once said, ‘Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom.’ The idea of group creativity is almost an oxymoron. But perhaps it is unhelpful to separate the creativity of individual minds from the communities within which they flourish. People, after all, understand themselves not…
Read MoreThe Frame Novel
What do novels such as Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein and Heart of Darkness, to name but a few, have in common besides fantastic writing? They are all known as framed novels. To be a frame narrative, the story must act primarily as an occasion for the telling of other stories, forming novels with a narrative surrounding the core story at both ends.
Read MoreLife Writing or Memoir Writing
Memoir comes from the French word for memory and is a genre of literature in which the author writes about their memories, usually going back to childhood. Unlike a biography or autobiography, it is not necessarily in chronological order and may often centre around a specific event in a person’s life, such as a particular…
Read MoreThe Nature of Biography
You can define a net in one of two ways, depending on your point of view. Normally, you would say that it is a meshed instrument designed to catch fish. But you could, with no great injury to logic, reverse the image and define a net as a jocular lexicographer once did: he called it…
Read MoreCreatively following the seasons
The New Year has brought with it a sense of renewal, a feeling that this year could pan out much better than last. There is even the sense of relief that I’ll be avoiding last year’s mistakes – how could I not!
Read MoreComputer Glitches
This week has been a week of computer glitches, of visiting the computer repair shop not just once but three times because my problem seemed to be reserved for my eyes only. It was part way through, however, that I decided to see an otherwise irritating experience in a fortuitious light. Prior to the interruption,…
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