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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: How to inject your voice into your writing
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 6, 2023

    Monday Motivation: How to inject your voice into your writing

    I continue to mine George Saunders’s A Swim in the Pond in the Rain for practical writing wisdom, and found myself rereading a section on revision, which I think is […]

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     Monday Motivation: If you really, really, really want something…
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted April 4, 2022

    Monday Motivation: If you really, really, really want something…

    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: Tips to transform your writing instantly
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 28, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Tips to transform your writing instantly

    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: When a lock becomes the key
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    By Richard Beynon
    In All About Writing
    Posted August 7, 2017

    Monday Motivation: When a lock becomes the key

    We’d come off the tidal Thames – a writhing, contained beast of a river whose coils you can feel flexing beneath the surface of the water – onto the Grand […]

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     Writing Secrets: Pros and cons of the fast first draft
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Tips for Writers
    Posted February 8, 2017

    Writing Secrets: Pros and cons of the fast first draft

    “Don’t look back until you’ve written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that [...]

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    By All About Writing
    In Books, News, Publishing, writers
    Posted August 11, 2016

    Q&A with Angela Meadon author of Strong Medicine

    Angela Meadon, a past creative writing participant launches her book on 25 August. To celebrate we  asked her some questions about her writing and publishing process. How long did this […]

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