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Category Archives: On Writing: The Novel
Maths Not Being My Strong Point …
… I can generally spell, but numbers are not my friends – I find them sneaky and dishonest and unreliable. I don’t care if the Fibonacci Numbers have a cool name. I am, for all intents and purposes, innumerate. However, … Continue reading
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Tagged 42, douglas adams, novel, word count, writing
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Writing Week – The Autopsy
So, here I sit back at work after a week away, doing nothing but writing. Okay, I lie. I didn’t just write. I threw temper tantrums. I ate astonishing amounts of choclit and consumed such vast quantities of sugar that … Continue reading
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Tagged Booklife, goals, habit -v- process, jeff vandermeer, novel, peter ball, writing
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Friday = Writingday (TM)
Some people call it ‘procrastination’ … I like to think of it as ‘contemplation’ . So, as I sit here in my pyjamas (the ones with the feet in them), eating my yoghurt and kiwi fruit, slurping down the vanilla … Continue reading
On writing a synopsis
Synopsis (noun) = a summary or outline; a brief general survey (Thank you, Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary). And so the synopsis makes me cranky. What to leave in? What to leave out? What’s essential? What if you hand it over to … Continue reading
