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Five pieces of useful advice for writers

I came  cross a very helpful blog recently  called Wordarts by  Catherine Czerkawska. Catherine is an experienced and award winning novelist and playwright, now publishing on Amazon Kindle. She says, “I  try to write the kind of books I love to … Continue reading

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The Forest for the Trees

If you can’t start or finish a project, or can’t figure out what you should be writing, or if your neuroses are getting in the way of your writing, or you constantly sabotage your own efforts, if you have had … Continue reading

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Do creative writing courses work?

The brilliant novelist, screenwriter and playwright Hanif Kureishi launched a withering attack on university creative writing courses in 2008, calling them “the new mental hospitals”.  And then there’s the wonderful Flannery O’Connor, who once replied when asked whether she thought … Continue reading

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Whose book is it anyway?

There’s recently been a giant literary brawl on Goodreads , where readers, authors and their agents took sides and went on the warpath!  (btw Goodreads is the vast online site where millions of members discuss the world’s books.) You can … Continue reading

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Feeling too fed up with your writing to write?

Today is  Blue Monday, said to be the most depressing day of the year based on this formula Apparently, the date is calculated using many factors, including the weather, difference between debt accumulated and our ability to pay, time since … Continue reading

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Stop What You’re Doing And Read (Listen To)This!

From the BBC … this a passionate, funny, revelatory and inspiring series, which is a mission statement about the transformative power of reading; about the way it inspires us, the tangible impact it can have on our well-being and the … Continue reading

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How do you keep going with your writing, when the going gets tough?

http://www.writersdigest.com/ Being a writer is a lonely business and at times it’s downright difficult to keep going. A well-written text book can not only give you much needed support and encouragement, it can also offer excellent advice on honing your … Continue reading

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looking for a fresh start?

Feeling sluggish after the festive break? Want to try something new and fresh but don’t know what? Why not turn the scribbles in your notebook into a “flash fiction”? Flash Fiction is fiction of extreme brevity. The number of words … Continue reading

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