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Ryan O'Connor's in-depth guide to prose style

Jan 29, 2024

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Last week we sent our readers the opening pages of O’Connor’s debut The Voids, our favourite Scottish novel of the decade to date. Below we present his inspiring thoughts on prose style.

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Ryan O’Connor

As a child I experienced vivid hallucinations. In one terrifying bout I saw everything as numbers stretching to infinity. I developed arithmophobia. I found salvation in words. This is one of the truths at the heart of why I write.