Monthly Archives: August 2016

Living The Dream?

Posted on August 30, 2016 by blogaboutwriting

What shall I write about? I pondered this morning and then – hey presto! – the postman arrived, with the latest issue of Writing magazine, in which I have an article (page 68). So, I shall write about that. My … Continue reading →

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What We Can Learn From ‘Car Share’

Posted on August 22, 2016 by blogaboutwriting

One of my favourite TV programmes last year was the Bafta-award winning Peter Kay series, Car Share. Only 6 episodes but each one a gem and if you didn’t see it, the premise is pretty simple: 2 supermarket colleagues (driver … Continue reading →

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Acting It Out

Posted on August 14, 2016 by blogaboutwriting

When I was at Writers Holiday in Fishguard last month, we had a particularly illuminating session with Della Galton one day (on the ‘Writing With Emotion’ course), when she asked for 2 volunteers to act out a short scene. Della … Continue reading →

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Do Your Characters Need A Sex Change?

Posted on August 7, 2016 by blogaboutwriting

On Friday night I went to see Cymbeline at the RSC in Stratford. It’s not one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays and it was, at times, rather surreal (and long!) but one of the most interesting things for me about the … Continue reading →

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