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Sewing the Seeds of an Idea: When to Start Planting
Long before the first word of a novel is written down, there is an original seed, a thought, a scene which plants itself in the author’s mind. Once there, it grows and evolves into possibly a longer...
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‘A story needs rhythm. Read it aloud to yourself. If it doesn’t spin a bit of magic, it’s missing something.’ Esther Freud ‘Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only...
View ArticleDon’t Be Afraid to Throw Away What Doesn’t Work
I have a pair of shoes that are so comfortable I hardly feel I’m wearing them. But they are falling apart, to the point that they really need to be thrown out. This morning a new pair arrived at the...
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