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13 websites for writers

August 6th, 2009

I thought it was about time I shared some links on other writing sites. At some point I will do a top ten list for writers, but for now, this is what I have. Read more…

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Reading and Writing

June 20th, 2009

I am currently reading Stephen King’s “On Writing”. It is a brilliant  and inspiring book, and manages to be practical and warm so far. But the bit that I want to talk about is the first really inspiring part in the book for me.

It was something of a mini revelation. Only a very small point, and very obvious, but one of those things that had occurred to my conscious mind before – it had never struck me (as they say). Read more…

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Give your story momentum

June 11th, 2009

I recently got a bit stuck and fed up with a story I was writing (which was particularly annoying as I hadn’t got very far). For some reason I got stuck moving the story forward. The problem, I suddenly realised,  was that I had this great situation that I wanted to explore, but nothing for my characters to do. Read more…

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