{"id":6127,"date":"2020-03-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/townhouse\/articles\/how-to-write-king-lear\/"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:00:00","slug":"how-to-write-king-lear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-write-king-lear\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Write King Lear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Folks, we can avoid the subject no more. Pandemic is upon us. Around the world, we\u2019re closing our doors to the outside, stocking up on handgel, and worrying about our elderly and vulnerable relatives.<\/p>\n

We here at Jericho are all 100% OK.<\/p>\n

Over the last year or two, as it happens, we\u2019ve worked hard to build a team that mostly sits in the same small office in Jericho, Oxford because we reckon that physical proximity forms bonds and culture like nothing else. That said, we can all work remotely and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re now doing. Everyone is safe and well. Long may it remain that way.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m OK too. All the same, these are uncertain times. I have four kids under the age of 7 and my wife is immune-compromised and physically disabled. She is certainly in the vulnerable category and we have to hope that the waves of coronavirus don\u2019t break too roughly on our little island here. I don\u2019t think they will.<\/p>\n

My wife and I both have elderly relatives, all of whom are being as safe and sensible as can be, and all of whom, aside from their age, are in pretty decent health.<\/p>\n

I hope you and yours are spared any serious ill health in these next weeks and months. That, by far, is the most important thing. I\u2019ll light a candle for you all.<\/p>\n

And after that \u2026 a long way after that \u2026 we\u2019re still all writers. And Shakespeare took advantage of the quarantine restrictions brought about by the bubonic plague to write King Lear<\/em>. And Macbeth<\/em>. And (damn the man) Anthony and Cleopatra<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re safe, and our loved ones are safe, and we\u2019ve watched enough funny Youtube videos about families surviving quarantine, our thoughts will start to turn to writing.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re here to help.<\/p>\n

Same as before. Same as always.<\/p>\n

If we can help, we will. If you have a dumb question, we can probably answer it. If you need help with your manuscript, we can certainly help with that. Our online courses will run just as before. We\u2019ll still be available by phone and email.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, we\u2019re giving serious thought as to how we can do still more to help people in an age when simply getting to the shops may be difficult.<\/p>\n

Over the coming weeks, you\u2019ll get a stream of announcements from us about things we\u2019re doing to help out. First and foremost, we want you to be secure. After that, if you need our support, we\u2019re aiming to do more than we\u2019ve done before, not less.<\/p>\n

In that context, I know a lot of you have wanted to try out JW membership. Perhaps you\u2019re nervous of making a full-on commitment to an annual or rolling monthly subscription. Or perhaps you just want to nose into a few specific videos. (Want to get the detail on how to build a mailing list? Or need a refresher on how to produce great descriptive writing? Or get an insight into how big publishers work? Or use AgentMatch to build a list of agents. Or \u2013 well, anything really.)<\/p>\n

Anyway. Whatever. We\u2019ve created a free, no-strings, 14-day membership for you. You can access it whenever you want. (For example, if the next week or two looks frantic for you, the offer will still be there in 2 or 3 weeks\u2019 time. We\u2019ll give you plenty of notice before we withdraw it.)<\/p>\n

And \u201cno strings\u201d means exactly that. The membership is free. We won\u2019t ask you for a bank card. The membership won\u2019t suddenly flip into a paying subscription. If at the end of the 14-day period, you choose to take out a full annual membership or our cancel-any-time monthly package, we\u2019ll be delighted. If not, if the freebie was useful but sufficient for your needs, we\u2019re also delighted. We\u2019re here to help.<\/p>\n

Access My Free 14-day Membership Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

That\u2019s it from me. We\u2019ve got some other ideas that I hope you\u2019ll all love.<\/p>\n

In particular, we haven\u2019t forgotten our existing members<\/u><\/strong>. We want to do something lovely for you guys. Stay tuned. I don\u2019t have anything to announce yet, but will do soon.<\/p>\n

Stay safe, youse. Then go and write King Lear<\/em>, you slackers.<\/p>\n

You can add your draft ACT I below for scathing comment from the ghost of King James I. Or just chat about whatever the heck. We’re all here.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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