Exposing Yourself – Exposition in Writing

What Is Exposition Exposition is a literary term that means ‘background information’ about your characters and setting that your readers need to know about. Exposition is one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse identified by two American literary...

Terminal 3 by Debasmita Dasgupta — A Review 

It’s August 2019 and Khwab Nazir is waiting to board the plane at Terminal 3 of New Delhi International Airport. Sent to represent India at an international jiu-jitsu tournament, Khwab nervously looks towards her unknown future. She also reflects on her complicated...

INVINCIBLE v INVISIBLE

image source Many moons ago, when I was an English teacher, my students and I had fun playing with words. During a lesson on word play, my students learned why they cannot grow leaks, but they can, leeks. They also found out the difference between invisible and...

Writing In A State of Fugue

I write this in celebration of Mental Health Awareness Week (May 9 – 15). The Mental Health Foundation in the UK set aside a week in May for this annual event. Their aim is to raise awareness of mental health issues “with a focus on preventing mental health...