The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is.
About Ruth Park
Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AMwas a New Zealand-born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the Southand Playing Beatie Bow (1980), and the children’s radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1951-1970), which also spawned a book series (1962-1982).
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He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one by intent.
New Zealand-born Australian writer (1917-2010)
Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.
New Zealand-born Australian writer (1917-2010)
The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is.
New Zealand-born Australian writer (1917-2010)
In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn’t come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.
New Zealand-born Australian writer (1917-2010)