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Writing in bits

September 25th, 2009

So you’ve got an idea for a story. Writing it should be a simple matter of starting at the beginning and going through to the end, just as you’d read it, right? Well, maybe. But there is an alternative.
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Techniques and tips

How much description?

September 17th, 2009

This is a very tricky thing I find. Mainly it has to do with confidence in your voice, and belief in what you’re writing, but I usually find myself asking if what I’m seeing is being translated. And of course, this all has to do with description. Read more…

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Writing anywhere

September 12th, 2009

I’ve just written a blog post on my iPod touch. I liked it so much, I’m doing it again now! It used to be that if you wanted to write in an obscure place, you had to rely on having a note book to hand. Now there are quite a few options.
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Keeping a routine

September 4th, 2009

Keeping a writing routine is hard. On the face of it, it’s easy – decide you want to do something and then do it. Then do it again, then  again, then again. But in practice, it’s something quite different. Read more…

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