This is the seventh of eight pieces I prepared for a writing weekend we held in Stow-on-the-Wold. I set out to explore the ways in which we can make readers care. It’s not a course but it is a guide that I hope you’ll find useful. This week I’m discussing what is arguably the whole point of creative writing… This week on the water I want to begin with a fundamental truth about creative writing that many writers forget in their eagerness to tell their stories: books are not finished products....