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Category: For Writers

Advice from J K Rowling

April 20, 2017 Geoff For Readers, For Writers

When J K Rowling spotted a Twitter comment from @beauty_jackson that read: “HEY! YOU! You’re working on something and you’re[…]

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The hard facts …

March 14, 2017 Geoff For Writers, Quotes

… from Joe Konrath: No matter how talented you are, no matter how hard working, no matter how awesome and[…]

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Context is everything! Cats and dogs in the Bible

March 10, 2017 Geoff For Readers, For Writers, Fun

I spotted this quote in a magazine this week … “The dog is mentioned in the Bible 18 times —[…]

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Literary Putdowns

February 10, 2017 Geoff For Readers, For Writers, Fun, Quotes

In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important,[…]

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Memories of James Siers

January 13, 2017 Geoff For Writers

I first met Jim Siers when my flatmate, Mike – a dab hand with a soccer ball (or should that[…]

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Writing – Steven Wright

December 22, 2016 Geoff For Writers
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Grant Snider’s writer’s comics

December 13, 2016 Geoff For Writers

If you’re looking for an excuse for not writing, (and I have a few suggestions here, here, here and here),[…]

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Kurt Vonnegut and the shapes of stories

December 4, 2016 Geoff For Writers

As Kurt Vonnegut demonstrates, almost all stories follow one of two basic shapes. Then there’s a third, which you probably[…]

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Leonard Cohen, Suzanne and “a standard writer’s contract”

November 17, 2016 Geoff For Writers

I’ve always loved this song by the late Leonard Cohen, but I was intrigued by his opening comments in this[…]

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Ian Rankin on the origins of Inspector Rebus

November 13, 2016 Geoff For Writers

Next year is the 30th anniversary of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus, and the twenty-first book in the series. With Rather[…]

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