Dear fellow writer,
Welcome back to Swordcraft, my weekly series of short, sharp videos for scholarly and professional writers who want to hone their wordcraft, one snippet at a time.
Today’s swordsnip is the penultimate installment in a new 6-part sequence for paid subscribers called Structural Metaphors. Every week, I introduce you to playful-but-serious metaphors that can help you structure a key aspect of your writing practice.
This week’s video, “Labyrinth & Maze,” builds on last week’s architectural metaphor (“Blueprint & House”) to consider metaphors and methods for structuring your reader’s journey through your book, article, chapter, or thesis. Next week, we’ll cap off the series by looking at metaphors for structuring your writing time — rocks, pebbles, oceans, beaches, swamps, and more!
Paid subscribers can find a copy of this week’s Structural Metaphors prompts at the bottom of this post.
Kia pai tō koutou rā (have a great day) – and keep on writing!
Helen
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