I think this blog post by Doug Wilson is absolutely brilliant. As a writer, I find the analogy of God as storyteller one of the best ways of understanding how God can be in complete control, and at the same time we still have freedom and responsibility. The comparison breaks down if you push it […]
When someone accused J R R Tolkien of writing escapism, Tolkien apparently replied: “Maybe, but it’s not the escape of a deserter from the front lines, but of a prisoner from a cage.” These two types of escapism are a good description of the two ways that stories can function. Borrowing from Andrew Fellows from […]
The latest edition of Discworld Monthly popped into my email inbox recently. One of the letters included various quotes from Terry Pratchett on stories and narrative, which are very interesting: “Narrativium is powerful stuff. We have always had a drive to paint stories on to the universe. When humans first looked at the stars, which […]