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GLITTERING PRIZES
In 2019 my sister Emily Sharma who has already won loads of writing prizes suggested I enter the Exeter Writers’ short story competition....
Brigid McConville
Jun 16, 202012 min read
TO READ OR NOT TO READ?
We live in a world where everything is becoming more and more litigious. Musicians are sued for plagiarism, even if the similarity...
Daniela Soave
Jun 16, 20202 min read
THE SHITTY FIRST DRAFT
I’ve talked before about how planning, thinking and researching can play as important a part as writing when it comes to progressing your...
Daniela Soave
Jun 16, 20204 min read
MAKING THINGS UP
I’m not writing this week. I’m fine with that, because I’m researching. It doesn’t mean I’m stumped about where to go next; in fact I’m...
Daniela Soave
Jun 16, 20202 min read
THE INFERNAL INTERNAL VOICES
Words, words words, swimming around my head but never, it seems when I try and record them on the page. I seem to have a constant...
Katherine Ewen
Jun 16, 20202 min read
PURGATORY
I'm editing my first seven chapters at the minute. It's the thing I really don't enjoy about writing a book. I seem to have the attention...
Katherine Ewen
May 19, 20202 min read
WE3WRITERS
We three writers (@We3writers) meet on Skype every two weeks to read each other’s fiction, give feedback and practical comments. I can’t...
Brigid McConville
May 19, 20202 min read
WHEN EMOTIONS ARE TOO RAW TO WRITE ABOUT
Last week I was on a roll with my novel. It was the last thing I thought of before I went to sleep, the first thing that crossed my mind...
Daniela Soave
May 13, 20203 min read
FREE AS A BIRD
Grayson Perry has been on TV with his ‘art class’ for all of us in lockdown. It’s a bit chummy for my liking, but one night there was a...
Brigid McConville
May 13, 20202 min read
THIS TOO SHALL PASS
Lockdown has not been a bitter pill for me to swallow. I’m one of the lucky ones. I have a home that we bought a year ago in a bad state...
Katherine Ewen
May 13, 20202 min read
WRITING A NOVEL. LIFE. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
The novel I'm writing has taken over my entire life. I wake up thinking about it. Every day I change it just a bit. If I’ve had a good...
Brigid McConville
May 11, 20202 min read
WHEN DOING NOTHING CAN YIELD SOMETHING
Whenever I'm having one of those days where I seem to spend hours looking at cursor blinking on a blank screen, I remind myself that...
Daniela Soave
Apr 22, 20202 min read
TALES OF THE LOCKDOWN
Generally, lockdown is going pretty well for me. I’m using my time to grow spiritually and to become a better person. This usually...
Katherine Ewen
Apr 22, 20203 min read
PRODUCTIVITY
Productivity. Now there’s a weasel word for writers in the time of Covid-19. It has a whiff of capitalism coupled with work ethic guilt....
Brigid McConville
Apr 22, 20202 min read
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