Time for a Change

At the risk of coming over all algebraic here, most stories have change as one of their central themes and the agent for change is time - if I hadn't failed my maths own level twice, I could doubtless come up with a neat formula to show this, but as it is you have to make do with a beautifully weathered door instead....

 


Here  the effects of time are plain to see; time and sunlight and rain and too many changes in temperature. Time and change are perennial themes for writers: they reflect our prime concerns about ageing and mortality.

However, the passing of time doesn't just alter our circumstances or change us physically, it can have an effect on our perspective as well, opening up all kinds of potential for writerly exploration.  To mine these possibilities, why not write about an incident that once seemed tragic and now appears comic, or vice versa, to show the effect that the passing of time has had upon the narrator....