Category: What Are

  • Getting more from your reading

    Getting more from your reading

    The title is a little tongue-in-cheek, but if you are an avid reader, you may be looking for more ways to enjoy reading aside from the obvious. Prolonging the reading experience – or snatching little reminders of that amazing adventure story you stayed up late reading – is sure to bring even more joy into…

  • Strange writing habits

    Strange writing habits

    In a previous Impish Fen article, we covered regular writing habits of successful wordsmiths who have been able to use various methods in order to get words written. However, as was very clearly stated within said article (in order to avoid any sort of legal action) every writer is unique and will also have their…

  • Uncapatalising: the lowercase trend

    Uncapatalising: the lowercase trend

    i may be a little late to the party on this one, but particularly at the start of 2025 (and even before then), there was a notable uptick in lower-case only writing across the internet and in print media too. this article attempts to answer the question: what was up with that? you don’t need…

  • Kishōtenketsu (conflictless plot)

    Kishōtenketsu (conflictless plot)

    Normally, novels will feature around a set of characters plonked into a setting, and the narrative will follow them as they engage with the plot of a story – but not always. ‘Open-ended’ works of fiction are often criticised for being boring and lacking action – but after reading this blog, hopefully you’ll begin to…

  • Regular writing habits: what works?

    Regular writing habits: what works?

    Everyone knows sitting down with the goal in mind of a wordy, unwieldy epic is a nigh-impossible task (at least without copious amounts of substances – NOT recommended!), but there are a few ways of building up a writing habit in order to try to entice those words to get on the page, and stay…

  • Roman à clef – story with a key

    Roman à clef – story with a key

    A Roman à clef story is a blend between fiction and non-fiction, as they are usually retellings of real occurrences, but some details, names or events will be changed. This gives an author creative license to either add a little bit of additional flair or mask embarrassing details, depending on where they take the story.…