Creating a Text - Brian McGilloway

8th September 2007 with 0 Comments

What phases are involved in the creation of a text?
Each story begins for me with an initial premise; a body found on the border, a born again ex-con, a gold mine in the Donegal hills. The premise will float about in my head for a while, during which time I build the layers around it; [...]

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