Nick Holdstock – How I Write
As long as I make the first target by the end of the day I don’t feel disgusted. Ideally I’ll…
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Katharine Quarmby – Life-changing Literature
Mary Wollstonecraft arrived shortly before Louis XI was executed in 1792, and her reportage during the Revolution still stands the…
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David Stuart Davies – The Best Advice I Ever Received
It is very simple. One might say it is the science of the bleeding obvious, but it is not always…
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Ann Coburn – Why I Write
In desperation I began to work my way through the myths and legends shelves and soon came to realise that…
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Louise Foxcroft – Writers Who Inspire Me
She conveys grief, shame and humiliation like no one else. It’s difficult to know what to do with these emotions…
Nicola Baldwin – Letter To My Younger Self
You crumple the letter. You don’t need it. The words are in your head, because the words are yours. Already…
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Helen Grant – How I Write
I like to visit ancient buildings, churches and castles. I concentrate on how the place makes me feel, and ask…
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Duncan Forbes – Why I Write
Each poem has its own ideas, emotions and motives which may manifest themselves in the completed work.
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Steve Voake – Why I Write
They were mainly about two detectives driving around in fast cars, eating pizza, interspersed with the occasional anguished poem about…
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Lydia Syson – How I Write
In the winter I take to my bed, where I try to keep the faith that one page and another,…
Alicia Foster – My Reading Habits
My reading now is instinctive rather than planned, possibly because I spent so many years forcing myself through piles of…
Doug Johnstone – Why I Write
I write because I’m angry. Okay that’s not the only reason, not by a long way, but it was a…