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    Monthly Archive for: "October, 2016"
     The secrets behind the practice of good writing: Go on, be a sadist
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, The secrets behind the practice of good writing, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 26, 2016

    The secrets behind the practice of good writing: Go on, be a sadist

    As a novelist, you shouldn’t be too kind. We all know Kurt Vonnegut’s exhortation to put your characters through hell, but do we always heed it where our own beloved […]

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     Monday Motivation: Your protagonist must remain the lead in his story
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted October 24, 2016

    Monday Motivation: Your protagonist must remain the lead in his story

    I think in the film and television business we talk more about agency than people do when discussing stories destined for print – although why this should be so I’m […]

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     The secrets behind the practice of good writing: Lessons from George Elliot
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, The secrets behind the practice of good writing, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 19, 2016

    The secrets behind the practice of good writing: Lessons from George Elliot

    If you want to be reminded that characters are the most important part of a narrative, go and read (or reread) George Elliot’s Middlemarch. I have just done exactly this […]

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     October Writing Challenge and Writing Tip for the month
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    By All About Writing
    In Tips for Writers, Writing Competitions, Writing Exercises
    Posted October 18, 2016

    October Writing Challenge and Writing Tip for the month

    A story doesn’t consist of a series of unrelated events. Everything that happens is linked causally or psychologically to what came before and what follows. People often forget this, particularly [...]

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     Monday Motivation: John Banville on writing
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted October 17, 2016

    Monday Motivation: John Banville on writing

    I’ve dipped into advice given by the Man Booker-prize-winner, John Banville, before, and I’m about to do so again – and for good reason. In unrehearsed conversation, he comes up […]

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     Monday Motivation: My escape into the woods
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted October 14, 2016

    Monday Motivation: My escape into the woods

    I “caught” polio when I was seven. It was an exhausting chase, but I managed at last to bring the virus down and invite it in. It took me on […]

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     The secrets behind the practice of good writing: Tears and snotty noses
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, The secrets behind the practice of good writing, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 12, 2016

    The secrets behind the practice of good writing: Tears and snotty noses

    Tears streamed down her cheeks. She wept and wept, sobbing into her sodden tissue until it dissolved and she was left hiccupping… It’s worth making the point again because I […]

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     Monday Motivation: A big scene to support the centre of your tent
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted October 10, 2016

    Monday Motivation: A big scene to support the centre of your tent

    I’ve been researching film structure. Perhaps because there’s so much money at stake in every movie – and unthinkable fortunes at risk in many movies – a great deal of […]

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     The secrets behind the practice of good writing: If they must think, have them lie about it
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, The secrets behind the practice of good writing, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 5, 2016

    The secrets behind the practice of good writing: If they must think, have them lie about it

    Thinking works best when lying. I wrote last week about how too much thought can be a bit of a cheat. It’s a little too easy to use a character’s […]

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     Monday Motivation: Watching the world whirl by
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted October 3, 2016

    Monday Motivation: Watching the world whirl by

    I’m sure I share at least one idiosyncrasy with many millions of my fellow human beings: I love to watch people. I could quite happily spend an entire morning on a […]

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    Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets of writing, highlighting books published by past students of our Creative Writing Course or Mentoring Program.  We'll take an extract, identify writing skills and techniques  and offer  a tip or two (or three) suggested by our analysis of the chosen passage. The first in the series is #pleasuresoftheharbours by #adamkethro published by @tmpublishers
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    In this first Monday Motivation of 2023, Richard c In this first Monday Motivation of 2023, Richard considers that essential element of every memorable story: Voice. What precisely is it, and how do you develop it? http://ow.ly/Tr1N50MxoPq  #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
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