Tag: Nicholas Wolf

• “Your Darlings”

  by Nicholas Wolf In this blog post, I will explore and deconstruct the aphorism “kill your darlings”. This aphorism is commonly directed at new and inexperienced writers. In many cases, the “darling” is commonly a sentence or paragraph which has invaded the writer’s mind like an earworm. This orthographic possession occurs because writers interpret the…

  Writers In Trees

  July 5, 2026

  Blog Posts

  creative writing, Nicholas Wolf, Writers In Trees, writing tips

• On Publishing and Community: Keynote Address for the Forest Floor AnthologyLaunch

  By Tali Voron-Leiderman This talk was delivered during the virtual launch of the Forest Floor anthology. It has been edited for online publication. It takes a village to make a book. The Forest Floor anthology took two years of hard work, dedication, writing and rewriting, plotting, planning and designing, editing, editing again, and then proofing…

  Writers In Trees

  March 3, 2025

  Blog Posts, Forest Floor

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• Novels, metanarratives and post-colonialism

  by Nicholas Wolf I learned about the idea of metanarratives several years ago while taking a course on Canadian literature. A metanarrative is an account of events told in a way that justifies the actions, attitudes, and words of the person who has created that metanarrative. In essence, a metanarrative is a self-justifying story. Colonial…

  Writers In Trees

  October 3, 2024

  Blog Posts, writing tips

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