Write what you know. Have you been given that advice? Most likely. And it can be great advice. If you’re a neurosurgeon and you’re writing hospital thrillers, you have an inside… read more
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Finnian Burnett is a doctoral student and a college instructor who teaches creative writing and English literature. Finn has published several novels, but their true writing love is flash fiction. They’ve shortlisted or won with Bath Flash, Bridport Prize, Blank Spaces Magazine, The London Story Prize, Reflex Press and more.
The Clothes Make the Man, a flash fiction collection about Arthur, a trans man navigating academia, was recently released by Ad Hoc Publishing and their next collection is forthcoming through Off Topic Publishing. Finn’s passion is mentoring emerging writers and helping others find their own passion for writing.
In their spare time, Finnian watches a lot of Star Trek. Finn lives in BC with their wife and Lord Gordo, the cat.
blog posts by Finnian Burnett
January 12, 2024
Before we dive into how to find your author voice, we have to ask: What the heck even is an author voice?
Years ago, when I wrote my second novel, one of my friends said they would recognize… read more
November 12, 2023
Have you ever read a story with a setting so rich, it felt almost as if the setting was a character itself?
Some authors seem to have an innate talent for creating vivid settings. The… read more
October 27, 2023
Action and reaction in fiction writing are used to describe the difference between plot versus motivation or the correlation between events and consequences.
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August 24, 2023
Conveying emotions in your work can be difficult, but it’s an important part of the craft. Offering insight into your characters’ feelings helps your reader develop empathy for them. When a… read more
July 24, 2023
Letting the reader into your character’s mind creates a connection. A character’s words might not always tell the whole story; a person’s thoughts reveal who they really are. If you want your… read more
May 31, 2023
People always ask writers where we get our ideas. Our answers are varied—conversations, song lyrics, witnessing an interaction between strangers on a bus, the particular shape and color of a piece… read more
May 17, 2023
Queer is a huge spectrum and the umbrella gets larger as we humans find language for various aspects of gender identity, orientation, and ways of existing outside of the heteronormative majority.… read more
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