‘Remember that novel I wrote, inspired by our open marriage?’
‘Yes.’
‘Well it’s finally being published. As a memoir.’
‘I see.’
‘Don’t worry. I’ve turned you into a beautiful character.’
‘Just what I always wanted. To be a character.’
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The Writer Laid Bare
Why do I write (and not, let’s say, professionally cook)?
‘Why do I write?’ is a question I have asked myself not once, particularly when I receive publishers’ rejections, or hear about some friend’s obscene corporate salary, or when I am paralyzed by fear before starting a new project, or …
Procrastination: Declaration of War
Last month I promised that the next post would contain strategies to defeat the writers’ greatest enemy – Procrastination. So let’s get armed to win this battle.
Firstly, please don’t beat yourself up if, like me, you are a fidgety …
A guest post by Diana Jenkins: A Corner of One’s Own
It’s been over four years since I last had a dedicated writing space. Recently I’ve been wondering about the effect of this absence on both my creativity and productivity. I have a good track record with desks: I love them …
How to tame a book (and its author).
The writer Annie Dillard likens the process of writing to taming. She writes in her now-seminal book, ’On Writing’:
A work in progress quickly becomes feral… it is a lion growing in strength. You must visit it every day and
A Guest Post from Natasha Lester: How I Quit my Job to Become a Writer
I was too scared to become a writer twenty years ago when I went to uni. I thought being a writer wasn’t really a job. There were no writing degrees then like there are now. The closest thing was journalism …