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Jonathan Edwards – Rejection
For the entirety of my twenties, I was rejected. I took it seriously. I treated rejection like a job. I…
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Check out the latest news from the RLF, WritersMosaic highlights, and Collected – our collection of interviews, reflections and articles exploring the literary life and world of writers today.
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Amanda Dalton – A Day In The Life
Every morning is a feline re-enactment of an Ancient Greek drama, with me, the inadequate director, stage manager and Chorus.…
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Susan Elliot Wright – The Perfect Place To Write
After ten years as a novelist, I find the ‘perfect’ surroundings are not necessarily as conducive to writing as I…
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Sara Wheeler – The Best Advice I Ever Received
George Saunders develops the acronym TICHN — things I couldn’t help noticing. In other words, referring back to his advice…
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Susan Fletcher – Life-changing Literature
I felt swept away by Ondaatje’s prose, as if by water — and yet so often I would need to…
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Martin MacInnes – Being Genre Fluid
Many writers whose work is described as ‘literary fiction’ are uncomfortable with the label, largely because they’re unsure it actually…
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Lawrence Sail – Inspiration
I’d like to suggest that inspiration, when it occurs, is more often a reward of close focus and intense working…
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Judith Allnatt – Dreams And The Writer
Writing a novel, one has to feel strongly about the theme that is its driving force, so discovering my underlying…
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Clare Chambers – Rejection
It occurred to me to wonder, each time I signed one of these letters, how many disappointed writers would remember…
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Paul Adam – In My Bottom Drawer
I tried to get my novel published, naïvely posting it off to publishers without realising that, whatever they claim, they…
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Polly Morland – The Writer As Outsider
In documentaries, the limits of your storytelling are largely set by where you point the camera. I learned to parcel…
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Kate Rhodes – Loneliness And The Writer
Nick Hornby gave up writing novels, claiming that he was sick of his own company. He became a screenwriter instead.…