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1. POWERS OF LANGUAGE
(i) THE UNSEEABLE
(ii) THE IMPOSSIBLE
(iii) THE LANGUAGE OF EMOTION
(iv) CIRCLING ROUND A MYSTERY

2. PERSON & TENSE
(i) THE ‘I’ NARRATOR
(ii) FIRST PERSON COMPRESSION
(iii) THIRD PERSON
(iv) PAST OR PRESENT?

3. STYLE
(i) STYLE AS MEANS OR END
(ii) DO’S & DON’T’S
(iii) STYLE IN FANTASY
(iv) PUNCTUATION & PARAGRAPHS
(v) TITLES

4. NAMING
(i) THE FEEL OF A NAME
(ii) MY ATLAS TECHNIQUE
(iii) DIFFERENTIATION
(iv) NAMES FOR INVENTED THINGS
(v) NEW LANGUAGES

 
 
 

 

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