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Category Archives: About Writing
You are a Writing God
Recently, I’ve repeatedly heard new creative writing students state variants of the following of phrase, ‘I didn’t know what to write next, so I just made this up’. My response, ‘Of course you made it up. It’s fiction.’
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23 Things – Finding Presentations and Podcasts
’23 Things’ has asked those of us on the course to explore online presentations and podcasts, so now would be a good time to point out a few podcasts on literature and creative writing.
Quick Post – 95% not alone
The Thesis Whisperer posts about habitually getting only 95% of her writing completed. Personally, I don’t think anyone gets 100% of their work completed 100% of the time. There will always be stories that go unwritten, blog ideas that never … Continue reading
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Quick Post — How Not to Write a Novel
My favourite writing book is How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman. I come back to it reguarly. Not only is it fun to read, but it keeps me grounded. Everytime I think, ‘I’ve got … Continue reading
The Top 10 Worst Things about Being an Writer
Thanks to my thespian friends, ‘The Top 10 Worst Things about Being an Actor‘ has cropped up on my social media feed, and it certainly highlights how similar are the lives of actors and writers. Therefore, I’ve put together a … Continue reading
Dreaming in Dialect
I wrote this blog as a guest post, but it was never published. But as tomorrow is a special day for me – Scotland is voting whether or not to split from the Union and it’s my ten year anniversary … Continue reading
On Watching Your Proposed Submission Date Fly By
On Watching Your Proposed Submission Date Fly By The problem with being a writer is all those published works sitting on shelves, in Kindles and in libraries. Those novels, thesis, research papers, articles, non-fiction manuscripts belonging to OTHER PEOPLE. Those … Continue reading
Don’t Fall Victim to Madness
In a little hacienda in Andalusia, a very wise thing was said. ‘The descent into the madness. Not that old chestnut.’ Stated by my friend Erica, at a Shortbreaders in Spain residential, who was lamenting on how easy it is … Continue reading
The Ultimate Narrative Checklist
This blogger has put together an extensive and useful checklist he uses to evaluate films and his own work. It’s quite helpful, especially on the fundamentals. In fact, what I find most interesting about this check list is even though … Continue reading
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