<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Craft/Storytelling on iacula</title><link>https://iacula.com/tags/craft/storytelling/</link><description>Recent content in Craft/Storytelling on iacula</description><generator>Hugo -- 0.155.3</generator><language>en-GB</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:41:49 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://iacula.com/tags/craft/storytelling/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>A Precise Grief</title><link>https://iacula.com/iacula/precise-grief/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:41:49 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://iacula.com/iacula/precise-grief/</guid><description>On the strange moral weight of writing a character through prolonged suffering—and what it costs to stay inside it rather than look away. A craft essay on faith, interiority, and the difference between suffering a story earns and suffering an author merely inflicts.</description></item><item><title>Why I Write</title><link>https://iacula.com/iacula/why-i-write/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:48:43 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://iacula.com/iacula/why-i-write/</guid><description>What drives a writer to spend sixteen years on a single story? A personal reflection on purpose, craft, and the need to create worlds.</description></item><item><title>A Hissing Sound</title><link>https://iacula.com/iacula/a-hissing-sound/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:28:57 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://iacula.com/iacula/a-hissing-sound/</guid><description>A short fantasy story. Thunder growls outside Dinah&amp;#39;s window as something stirs beyond the drapes—a tale of tension, mystery, and redemption.</description></item></channel></rss>