Tag Archives: writing journey

Writing from the forgotten senses

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Karen Whitelaw

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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Recognising Writing Behavioural Patterns

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Karen Whitelaw

Why, with all my good intentions, enthusiasm and motivation, do I fail to be as productive with my writing as I’d like? Why do I start exciting new writing projects and often find they peter out after a couple of … Continue reading →

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January Challenge

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Karen Whitelaw

Early in my writing life I became friends with a woman who created perfect prose. Her language, its rhythms and word choices, sang exquisitely. Her stories evoked such overwhelming emotion in me that I often felt like crying from the … Continue reading →

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Insight Begins with Sight

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Karen Whitelaw

“Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing.” Flannery O’Connor We often think that to write about travel we have to … Continue reading →

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Writing About Extraordinary Things

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Karen Whitelaw

Last week I stood on the deck of a supply ferry inside the Arctic Circle and watched heaven fall. There were folded curtains made of green light dropping towards the horizon, as if we were witnessing the moment just after … Continue reading →

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Diana Threlfo: Loving Your Voice

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Karen Whitelaw

“But I believe wholeheartedly that creativity is a virtue, a gift of character; that it emanates from the spirit of an individual. I had to come to terms with the fact that what I wrote was, in actuality, an expression … Continue reading →

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