Harry Friday Email – Jericho Writers Townhouse

Characters in a flick of paint

You know how gifted artists can suggest a face – and a mood, a character, a personality – in just a few swift lines? Well,…

Harry 4 July 2025

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The long game, the ragged edge

We all know about Chekhov’s gun. The playwright wrote to a young dramatist saying: “One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if…

Harry 27 June 2025

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When (and if) to get help

We’ve talked about editing for five weeks now. Those of you following Debi Alper’s superb online Introduction to Self-Editing Your Novel course are reaching its…

Harry 13 June 2025

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The pedantry and the poetry (Editing Series V)

For the past four weeks, I’ve talked in detail about how I personally edit a book. Today, I’m still talking about editing, but I want…

Harry 6 June 2025

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How I actually edit (IV)

University creative writing courses absolutely have their place. Plenty of people get a huge amount out of them. If that’s you, I’m genuinely pleased. Writing…

Harry 30 May 2025

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How I actually edit (III)

Continue here for How I actually edit (IV) here. Over the last couple of weeks, in celebration of our new Introduction to Self-Editing video course,…

Harry 23 May 2025

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How I actually edit (II)

Last week, I talked about my micro-editing habit. This week, we expand a bit. The kind of editing I’m going to talk about here is…

Harry 16 May 2025

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How I actually edit (I)

With the first lesson of our brand new Premium Member course Introduction to Self-Editing launching this week, I thought I’d share my own editing process…

Harry 9 May 2025

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You Impostor! You fake! You dunce!

This month, we’re talking editing. Indeed, if you’re a Premium Member, I very much hope you’ll trot along to my live-editing workshop this coming Tuesday.…

Harry 2 May 2025

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An open embrace

OK, battle of the clichés. Which is truer: “You can’t judge a book by its cover” or “A picture is worth a 1000 words”? Well,…

Harry 25 April 2025

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