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Writing Prompts.
Just a little signpost towards my Monday Writing Prompts on Fate is Chance, Destiny is Choice. my website. If you’re in need of a bit of inspiration, have a look. I’ve also got Fiction Friday posts;...
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The Memoir Project.
I’m reading a book at the moment called The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text For Writing and Life by Marion Roach Smith. When I bought it, I thought it would follow the structure of...
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All of the NaNos and NaBlos and PoMos.
I’m limping into the final week of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), and it’s been an experience. This time last year, I was dragging my way into the last few days of my second year of...
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The Writing Habit
I’d be the first to say to any aspiring writer that what writers need the most is a firm writing habit. The kind of habit that everything else is organised around, that is such a fixture of your life,...
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Monday Night Inspiration: Starting Again
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you might know that I’ve started a number of projects, novels and ideas which didn’t quite pan out the way I thought they would. I become enthusiastic and...
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Overcoming First Draft Fear
Whilst I write this first draft, I feel old doubts and fears surfacing. The ones that make you want to delete everything or give it up, never write again. There are many fears that push at you, telling...
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Building the Paranormal
Building a paranormal and supernatural world has been a challenge. I’ve written 6 chapters (around 17,500 words) and assumed that I had enough of a clear idea of what I was doing. This was a mistake,...
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Ten Books About Writing and Creativity
When I first started writing again, 7 years ago, I voraciously read as many books about writing and creativity that I could get my hands on. This is a perfectly valid thing to do, both because of the...
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Still Writing by Dani Shapiro
There are a handful of books written about writing by people I consider mentors. Usually, it’s because their books get it right – for the writer beginning work, the writer in the middle, and the writer...
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Wired to Create
Wired to Create is one of those books that took me a while to get through. On one hand, I enjoyed delving into the neuroscience behind the traits and behaviours creative people have, whilst on the...
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