Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Jules Renard .
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Rejection slips
We’ve all had ’em. Even the greats. Schadenfreude perhaps, but it’s cheering to see just how wrong publishers can be[…]
Read moreQuote: Sylvia Plath
You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all,[…]
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Technique: On Dialogue
Here’s Neil Cross, talking about dialogue: … there isn’t much point in listening to what people say, because what people[…]
Read moreWriters at work: Graham Linehan
If somebody asked you for tips on becoming a better writer, what’s the one thing you’d tell them? Show don’t[…]
Read moreQuote: Philip Larkin
A story has a beginning, a muddle and an end. Philip Larkin .
Read moreLost postives
You can be implacable, disgusted, inert, nonchalant and gormless, so why can’t you be placable, gusted, ert, chalant and gorm?[…]
Read moreQuote: Samuel Johnson
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. Samuel Johnson .
Read moreNaNoWriMo – The final assessment
I’ve just spent the last two days reading through the 80,000 word novel I wrote in six-and-half weeks last year.[…]
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