Breaking the rules of writing

fourikis | February 15, 2010

(C) Nicholas Fourikis
As it takes me one to three years to write a book, I want to consider many issues before deciding what to write. The worst scenario I can imagine is to rush into a story and abandon ship after six or twelve months.
I don’t want to even think of ‘whodunit it’ stories and [...]

Mining the treasures of chiches

fourikis | November 1, 2009

‘I’m a Nazi when I see clichés,’ Helen told me the other day. Is she right or should I assume she has a blindspot?
Helen is a long-standing friend with a degree in creative writing under her belt. I admire her in many ways but she can’t stand anyone using clichés.
In many ways she is right [...]

What conditions would make a war just?

Sophocles | November 23, 2009

One of the most perplexingly difficult issues in regards to the possible acceptability of war is the complex reasoning found in the body of theory about the ‘just-war’. What this theory provides is arguments that a war is just if that a nation or other entity resorts to war only for just causes, provided it [...]

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