James Kemp started Creative Writing with the Open University in October 2013. Themself is the story of how he became a better writer.
As well as the stories and poetry he wrote there is commentary on how and why they were written. He shares notes on how to build worlds, create characters, tell stories, write poetry and fiction.
The main stories in Themself are:
Night Patrol - a tense night with the British ArmyRounds - a young midwife solves a problem by helping several othersRefusal - an immigration officer deals with a visitor who is more than she claimsHunting Nazis - two former SOE agents haveunfinished business in 1953 Berlin.