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Using Dates in Fiction

June 26, 2026 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

Image Credit:  Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. AI images avoided.

I sometimes use random generators (and there are loads of them) to trigger ideas for stories. There are historical event generators which come up with what happened on a certain date in history to name just one example. There are random date generators too, separate to the historical ones.

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Tags: am writing, characterisation, creative writing, fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction, settings, telling details in fiction, using dates in fiction, writing advice

Discovering Classic Authors

June 12, 2026 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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Photos from The Dorset Museum, Dorchester were taken by me, Allison Symes, as were pictures from my garden and any screenshots. Other images were created in Book Brush using either my photos or those from Pixabay. AI images avoided.

I recently revisited The Dorset Museum in lovely Dorchester with editing colleagues from The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. We were visiting a Thomas Hardy exhibition and it was fascinating.

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Tags: am writing, author exhibitions, Charles Dickens, discovering authors new to you, discovering classic authors, Discworld, fantasy, Jane Austen, libraries, liking different kinds of books, National Theatre Live, Oliver Twist, plays, Pride and Prejudice, radio dramas, science fiction, set books at school, stories, Terry Pratchett, The Chameleon Theatre Company, The Day of the Triffids, The Dorset Museum, Thomas Hardy, TV and film adaptations, William Shakespeare

Story Inspiring TV and Its Music

October 4, 2024 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

Image Credits:  Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay images. Videos from YouTube. Screenshot taken by me, Allison Symes. One image directly from Pixabay.

In my recent post about Books, Movies, and Music, which was a joy to write, I focused on the link between classical music and films/stories on which the movies are based. For this post, I thought I’d take a look at those stories which have inspired wonderful TV series, with superb themes bringing them to life musically.

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Tags: Agatha Christie, Colin Dexter, crime, Doctor Who, Elizabeth Beresford, Enid Blyton, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Morse, Jane Marple, John Le Carre, Michael Bond, Paddington, reading leading to TV series, Reverend W Awdry, sagas, science fiction, stories and TV, stories inspiring TV and its music, The Famous Five, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Wombles, Thomas The Tank Engine, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, TV encouraging reading

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