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Why You Should Reread Books
I love re-watching movies. Well…to clarify, I love re-watching movies that I love. Unsurprisingly, I also love rereading books that I love. Though, to be honest, rereading a beloved book from start to finish is a rare event. I certainly… Continue reading
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How to Produce Art when the World is Falling Apart
Sir Philip Sidney stated that poetry was “the first light-giver to ignorance, and first nurse, whose milk little by little enabled them to feed afterwards of tougher knowledges.” Ezra Pound believed that “The arts, literature, posesy are a science, just… Continue reading
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How to get the most out of a writing session
We all have looming deadlines whether they be personal or professional. If you have a full-time job, if you’re studying or if you have a family or other commitments, chances are you struggle to find time for writing. For a… Continue reading
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Novels are Anti-culture
(The video version of this blog can be found here). I love Zadie Smith. Not just for her writing, but for her outspoken and thought provoking opinions. In addition to her novels, I’ve watched/read many interviews with her (I rarely… Continue reading
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How To Be A Consistent Content Creator
These days, if you’re an author then that also means you’re an entrepreneur. Your days may be spent pitching to magazines, revising articles for publication, researching, and maintaining an online presence through blog posts, YouTube videos and social media. You… Continue reading
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How to Make the Most of a Conference
A few weeks ago, I attended a research conference specifically aimed at creative writing researchers and their supervisors. Though I have attended writers’ conferences and festivals in the past, this conference was different. Perhaps this was due to the specificity… Continue reading
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Five Steps to a Successful Writing Career
When it comes to writing advice, and writing rules, my advice would be to pick out the tips and tricks that resonate with you and leaving the rest. There’s a lot of writing advice out there, and much of it… Continue reading
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How to Become a Better Writer
How to become a better writer. It’s an ambitious title given that my blog posts are a thousand words or less. If you type this title into Google, you will find 124 million links. Some of these posts cover… Continue reading
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My First Writing Tag!
I’ve never done a writing tag before and until a few months ago I didn’t even know what one was! If you’re unfamiliar with this concept, a writing tag is ten set questions that relate to a writing theme, for… Continue reading
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Why Writers are Obsessed with Process
Whenever two or more writers find themselves in a room together, there are a handful of topics that inevitably bubble to the surface: money, publishing, current projects, favourite authors, latest reads, and most importantly, process. If you are new to… Continue reading
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