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In Defense of Procrastination
Some writers think procrastination is the same as being blocked. Some call procrastination thinking. I’ve just watched a Ted Talk by Adam Grant called ‘Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers.’ He conducted a study which makes a strong case for the procrastination-as-thinking camp. Grant is … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Grant, creativity, ideas, originality, procrastination, Ted Talks, writing, Writing process
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Microlit
Only 4 days to go until I see my 200 word Microlit story up in lights at the Newcastle Writers Festival! 4 finalists were chosen in the Festival’s inaugural Microlit competition in partnership with publisher Spineless Wonders. My story is … Continue reading
Newcastle Writers Festival 2016
Keep the weekend April 1 -3 free for the 2016 Newcastle Writers Festival. It’s an exciting line-up this year. Check out the program . If you want to spruce up your writing there are Masterclasses by Carmel Bird and Claire Scobie, and sessions on Self-publishing … Continue reading
Writing from the forgotten senses
For three days last week the wind blew the rain horizontally. It pelted against the window glass and the drops sounded like someone throwing sharp needles. Last week I’d given myself a writing challenge: to write somewhere different each day, … Continue reading
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Tagged writing, writing craft, writing journey, writing skills
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Love the Details
Details should be more than a writer’s friend; details should be our lover. Get intimate, close up. Slow down. Examine him/her with intense and specific attentiveness. Details make the place in our writing real. Whether it’s travel, memoir, stories or … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Doerr, Christos Tsiolkas, details, Marcel Proust, writing craft, Writing process
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Wallpaper
Rue Jacob is just around the corner from where we’re staying in St German de Pres. Oscar Wilde died in a hotel there in 1900. A few days before he died he is quoted as saying, “This wallpaper and I … Continue reading
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A Busker
As I walked over the bridge from Notre Dame to the Ile de la Cite in Paris a man came the other way pushing a piano on a trolley. He turned his piano upright and started to play Mozart. I … Continue reading
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