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Showing posts with label Writing Well. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing Well. Show all posts
Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Write who you are: Teri Terry has an identity crisis

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It might seem rather incestuous - today's guest blogger Teri Terry is basing her blog on a talk I gave in Birmingham last week. As I al...
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Saturday, 13 February 2010

Guest Blogger Gillian Philip: the landscape of us

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When I read Crossing the Line , Gillian Philip's evocative teen novel, I was amazed at its unabashed Scottishness. Being from Somewhere ...
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Thursday, 7 January 2010

Beware of Illustrators and Other Tips for Authors

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My friend Jeremy is nine and is DEFINITELY going to be an author when he grows up ... or when he gets published, whichever comes first. His ...
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Sunday, 20 September 2009

Fantasy Master Class with Sara "Slasher" O'Connor

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Is this scene essential? If it’s not actually essential, cut it. Look at your first two paragraphs. If it is designed to give informatio...
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Where is the hope in children's books?

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Someone mischievous organised the Compelling Novels, Vulnerable Children panel for the Edinburgh Festival. On the panel were children's...
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Saturday, 15 August 2009

Learning from Toy Story 2's Audio Commentary

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I am thinking of turning a fantasy novel that I have written into a trilogy. And whenever I’m in need of something to freshen up my writing...
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Saturday, 8 August 2009

Digging Deep and Finding Your Heart Elsewhere

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I often write about digging deep — about scrounging around deep down to find you know, that essence of who you are, the thing that will make...
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Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Too much craft ... not enough story?

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I was fascinated by blogging literary agent Rachelle Gardner's observation that lately, there have been some rather fine examples of wri...
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Sunday, 2 August 2009

Arvon's Writing for Teenagers Course with Malorie and Melvin

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This painting of Lumb Bank was hanging in my room Just got back from Ted Hughes' house on Lumb Bank five days with 16 other writers...
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