Whitna raffle wur geen and gottin wursels intae noo

My last post was about – Well, I can’t remember, because the thing that dominated your reactions afterwards was my use of y’all. In particular,…

Harry 4 October 2019

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Swooping in, pulling out – a psychic distance starter guide

We’re going to talk about narrative distance. (Or psychic distance. Or, sometimes, emotional distance.) It’s one of the most important tools in the writer’s armoury…

Harry 27 September 2019

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Ooh, tell me more – the art of the elevator pitch

So. Elevator pitches. That’s something we dealt with in one of my Festival workshops, and I wanted to pick it up again now. The issue…

Harry 20 September 2019

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My Hero

To my “White Bird” followers Just some late night (early morning?) thoughts I felt like sharing. Who is Daniel Knight? From a very early age…

blaine.wright 13 September 2019

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A head in a bag

Twas the Festival of Writing last weekend, with a hey and ho and a hey nonny nonny. My highlights? Everything, really. It’s just like a…

Harry 13 September 2019

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Destiny

I have been playing¬†a test match with her. And she is destiny. It‚Äôs her pitch and her¬† ground. She decides the rules. Play doesn‚Äôt stop…

dr-nareshdang 10 September 2019

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Bakshi

Bakshi¬† Bakshi ,Bakshi,Bakshi ,children were yelling. He ran frantically on the roads . He bet his chest and cried aloud. He harmed none. He ran…

dr-nareshdang 1 September 2019

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The wriggle of life

An editorial colleague of mine here at Jericho Writers likes to tell writers that their first job as a novelist – literally the first thing…

Harry 30 August 2019

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Starting out as a writer, while in Full time employment – The other primary writing requisites.

So you have been bitten by the writers bug, my commiserations. Funny thing for a writer to say, but here’s why. You have a story…

chimerasaga 23 August 2019

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Can writers learn?

It’s a big question, isn’t it? Are you just given a quotient of natural talent at birth or can you take whatever tools you have…

Harry 23 August 2019

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