Hello Reader, This week on the water It is true that all good stories depend for their creation on the same basic set of skills. The list is probably endless, but we’d all agree, I think, that it includes the ability to create credible characters, to devise compelling plots, to build believable worlds, and to simulate recognisable relationships between characters. And yet different genres as they’ve evolved over the decades have promoted one or other of these skills above the others. Let’s...