As I write this article I’m holding a hairdryer in my other hand, trying to melt a block of frozen soup away from its non-microwavable container. I’m sure my ancestors had a better system, but then again they didn’t have freezers. Often unconscious of the fact that Caveman Joe, Erik the Beardless and Sophie Hairdryer…
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10 Fine Websites for Writing Tips
As creative writers, we’re well acquainted with the more familiar websites for writing tips, from Writer’s Digest to Write to Done. There are however, hundreds of other websites offering equally good advice, many of which (in my opinion) offer more original insights than the top dogs. Here are ten of my current favourites to share!:…
Should We Write What We Know?
After reading Andy Weir’s Artemis (2017), I revisited the maddening maxim that’s haunted me for years; the sentence written on the blackboard before the professor’s even turned around: Write what you know. Or even more confusingly: Don’t write what you know! The reason why Artemis stimulated this age-old debate is because; while I didn’t think…
10 Halloween Creative Writing Exercises to Chill and Thrill.
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”– Dracula (1897) I think I could possibly be Halloween’s number one fan (no pun intended:D) and as the leaves change colour and the apples drop ready for a steaming, autumnal pie; it’s the time of year when the ancients believed the veil between…
10 Romantic Creative Writing Exercises to Beguile and Inspire
“Strangelove, strange highs and strange lowsStrangelove, that’s how my love goes”- Depeche Mode Writing about love and romantic relationships is not my forte; in fact I don’t think I’ve ever attempted it other than in horrible poems and fat-lettered diary entries from when I was twelve:) Due to a current project it’s something I need…
Characterisation in Jaws Part 2
Quint: “Mr. Hooper, I’m not talkin’ about pleasure boatin’ or daily sailin’, I’m talkin’ about workin’ for a livin’, I’m talking about sharkin’!” Welcome back to the Jaws universe and the second part of my characterisation study. I trust that you haven’t had any shark problems between then and now— I’ve been swimming in the…