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Sunday, 5 February 2017

Advice for writers #12: hidden gems or crazy counsel? A mere 20 for Shakespeare and 2 dogs called Tina?

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On stage next in THIS SERIES of quotes is number #12. “Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps ...
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Sunday, 29 January 2017

Advice for writers #11: hidden gems or crazy counsel? Lessons we fail to learn, not just as writers

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Next in THIS SERIES of quotes is number #11. “I can shake off everything as I write. My sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn” (Anne Fr...
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Sunday, 22 January 2017

Advice for writers #10: hidden gems or crazy counsel? Wait a minute! Food for Thought

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Next in THIS SERIES of quotes is number 10. “You don’t write because you want to say something. You write because you have something to s...
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Sunday, 8 January 2017

Advice for writers #7 #8 #9: hidden gems or crazy counsel? Gold Dust and Garbage

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Next in THIS SERIES of quotes are numbers 7,  8 and 9. Quote 7 provides some sound practical advice from one of the greats of crime ficti...
Sunday, 1 January 2017

Advice for writers #6 #7: hidden gems or crazy counsel? The Why and the How

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As inspiration for the New Year, quotes six and seven IN THIS SERIES get the treatment. Quote number 6 is: “We write to taste life ...
Sunday, 25 December 2016

Advice for writers #5: hidden gems or crazy counsel? Good advice only when you’re discerning enough not to need it

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Happy Christmas and the next in line in this series is: “If something isn’t working, if you have a story that you’ve built and it’s bl...
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Sunday, 18 December 2016

Advice for writers #3 #4: hidden gems or crazy counsel? A book that is universally loved doesn’t exist

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Continuing the advice for writers theme , here are two quotes that I believe come from the writers’ own experience more than any desire to ...