In my day job, I’m the web editor for a huge humanitarian organization in Britain. I won’t say the name here because my colleagues have Google alerts set up so they can see what people online think of us. One of the best parts about my job is overseeing the content on our blog. The other… Continue reading 6 ways to stay motivated during a writing slump
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Reading like a writer, part two
I love close reading. There’s something about taking a short passage from a novel or poem and examining its parts that really appeals to the nerd in me. So, last week I put up two passages from two very different novels (but both novels I love) that show dialogue between men. I’m pasting the passages at… Continue reading Reading like a writer, part two
Reading like a writer: Dialogue between men
One thing I’ve learned in my very, very short time as a reviewer, is that it’s much easier to figure out why a story doesn’t work than why it does. Of course, this only holds true with reading other people’s work. I’m often blind as a bat when it comes to my own. So I… Continue reading Reading like a writer: Dialogue between men
How do you write?
For the last week or so, I’ve been struggling to sit my butt down and write. I want to get back in the saddle and send off the first 50 pages of my current work in progress to a contest, and the deadline is ten days away. But it’s taken me three days to scratch… Continue reading How do you write?
Elmore Leonard’s rules for writing
A couple weeks ago I wrote about the Guardian article on the Ten Rules for Writers, which featured Elmore Leonard’s writing advice. Last night, The Culture Show on BBC2 reran an interview with Elmore Leonard from 2006, where he talked about writing. Here’s a link to the video on the BBC’s website, but you might… Continue reading Elmore Leonard’s rules for writing