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     Monday Motivation: Saturday morning in the sun
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted May 22, 2023

    Monday Motivation: Saturday morning in the sun

    We met at La Piazza in St Paul’s Square, just a stone’s throw from the river, for coffee. The sun was shining. The crowds of people browsing for vegetables at […]

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     Monday Motivation: Marxism v. Pear Petals
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 13, 2023

    Monday Motivation: Marxism v. Pear Petals

    Frequently when we’re asked to assess someone’s manuscript, or help a writer brainstorm a story idea, we have to begin by stating a fundamental principle of fiction. It is, we […]

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     Monday Motivation: Buttons and hypodermic needles
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 29, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Buttons and hypodermic needles

    On Page 382 of Colm Toibin’s The Magician, a biographical novel which takes as its subject the life of one of the twentieth century’s most revered writers, the German Thomas […]

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     Monday Motivation: Devilishly convincing details
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 14, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Devilishly convincing details

    Creative writing is not, as some suppose, an arcane art over which only the select few are ever granted mastery, or to which there is access via a magic key, a secret skill available only to the [...]

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     Monday Motivation: How to lie convincingly
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 30, 2021

    Monday Motivation: How to lie convincingly

    We sometimes throw around words like “truthful” and “honest” when we’ve been particularly impressed by a novel or short story we’ve read. We say of James Joyce’s Ulysses that it […]

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     Writing Secrets: Details are your magic carpet
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 27, 2019

    Writing Secrets: Details are your magic carpet

    Details are magical. Use them well and they can conjure us to another time and place. They can also transport us into the state of mind and emotions of the […]

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    In the face of the prospect of universal annihilat In the face of the prospect of universal annihilation, how do we salvage reasons to push on? It’s an existential question that Richard deals with in this week’s Monday Motivation. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2023/05/29/whistling-in-the-dark/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram #writingmotivation
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    What can a gander and his dame, and a clutch of go What can a gander and his dame, and a clutch of goose eggs, teach us about an important strategy of story telling? You can find out in this week’s Monday Motivation.
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    We learned so much at this year's fantastic @londo We learned so much at this year's fantastic @londonbookfair 📚 these were our top takeaways - which one is your favourite? Let us know in the comments 😊 

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    Our latest newsletter is crammed with writing tips Our latest newsletter is crammed with writing tips and tricks. Our blog series, The Hidden Secrets of Writing, provides value and concrete writing tips. 

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