Author: theliteraryonion

Trained as a chef, and with an English and Creative Writing Degree, there are no two things I am more passionate about than words and food (apart from maybe my dogs and family). Follow along as I blend both together with as much skill as I have been taught and as much creativity as I can muster. Love to read? Try my serial stories, short stories and poetry. Love to cook? Have fun with my recipes and lessons. And if you love both? Read everything, and I hope you enjoy as much as I do.
Original Stories

The Street Crawlers 1: The Street Crawlers

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Street Crawlers are a rare breed. These people who trawl the streets looking for any form of shelter have their numbers of the breed declining, and yet still they are a worry for the over-growing population.  Then how can it be that even now, with such low numbers, their kind continues to be broken up… Continue reading The Street Crawlers 1: The Street Crawlers

How to Write

How To Write Characters.

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From Stick Men to Humans to Everything In-Between Sitting down and thinking through my ideas for blog posts (of which there was a horrendously long list, so apologies) I had to move this idea to the top of my pile. Characters are, for me, the most important parts of a story—and I don’t feel like… Continue reading How To Write Characters.