What does it take to be a creative writer?
A call for tips on how to be a creative writer. Surely the skills I’ve developed as a content writer ought to be transferable?
At the Quill
At the Quill: About creative writing in my experience and practice. Also posts about independent authorship and self-publishing. Read Creative Writing and Independent Authorship for more details or scroll down.
Bringing up the Bodies from Wolf Hall
Bring up the Bodies from Wolf Hall: a discussion of point of view in Hilary Mantel’s fantastic trilogy, and a discussion of character names.
Published Poet – Flying with Icarus
Flying with Icarus. For the second time this year I find myself a published poet. This posts relates the stories behind my four poems published in The Poet
Panic on the writing course – writing diary
A panic attack was perhaps not the best way to start my participation in the six week Novel Writing Essentials course with Bill Ryan as tutor.
A Right and Proper Subject
What is a right and proper subject for a novel today? A discussion of commercial and moral arguments and a vindication (I hope) of authorial freedom.
Writing Essentials – a writing diary entry
Writing Essentials – a writing diary entry that takes up the Novel Writing Essentials course at Writers & Artists I’m following and #Stuckhome – the virtual SWF20 from the end of May.
And I would write ten thousand hours
Ten thousand hours is about writing blog posts and how deliberate practice with the help of the Yoast SEO WP plug-in has helped me improve over time.
April showers – a writing diary entry
April showers – of the tax declaration and coronavirus lockdown variety – are excuses for my faltering productivity, but I soldier on.
Nordic names and how to find them
Nordic names: following the popularity of Nordic noir, this article links to publicly available name databases in the Nordic countries.
A placeholder by any other name
Do you use placeholders instead of names for the characters in your story while you are writing? I can’t do that! About naming characters.