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Ray French examines the concept of voice confrontation – the term for a dislike of one’s own speaking voice –…
Niall Griffiths’ advice was to turn it all around. He burst open the hole I’d dug for myself; suddenly, magically,…
Lois Pryce steers around the perils of writing about real people, and Rhiannon Tise shares the joy of creative collaboration.…
The first thirty percent of the story usually takes up about seventy percent of the time I will spend on…
My growing collection of shanties became a sort of palimpsest, through which I discovered a world of courage and daring.…
A soundtrack switches on and off, relentlessly searching for words to describe my sensations, storing up ideas. A soundtrack switches…
It’s the unrealistic expectation — if not outright fantasy — that we can write a dazzling first draft which keeps…
Ros Barber explores the life of infamous female pirate Mary Read, the subject of her next novel, and reflects on…
The only bits of marketing that do work for me, are the ones which don’t directly involve me; point-of-sale materials,…
Emma Darwin speaks with Ann Morgan about creative failure, talented ancestors and creative non-fiction. Emma Darwin speaks with Ann Morgan…
I try to experience a novel as an ordinary reader and give it the fullest chance to exert its power…
The message was, that the project was going no further but the work I’d put in was much appreciated. The…
