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Word Count (06.03.13)
Words Written Today: 1,502 Overall Word Count: 152,448 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘I should have brought a camera,’ said James. ‘Do you own one?’ ‘I should have bought a camera,’ said James, ‘and...
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Word Count (08.06.13)
Words Written Today: 3,011 Overall Word Count: 155,459 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: Kennedy would become president and if James worked for him that would be four years guaranteed in America, eight...
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Word Count (10.06.13)
Words Written Today: 1,538 Overall Word Count: 156,996 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: Now, if it was up to me I would kick you out of that door so hard your kids would be born with my boot prints on...
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Word Count (11.06.13)
Words Written Today: 1,548 Overall Word Count: 158,610 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘I’ve found my calling,’ said Hal. ‘It’s asking people for money.’ ‘A skill the homeless citizens of this country...
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Word Count (12.06.13)
Words Written Today: 1,527 Overall Word Count: 160,103 (Which apparently means my book is about 500-600 pages long) Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘Do you ever have that thing when you’re so tired that...
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Word Count (13.06.13)
Words Written Today: 531 Overall Word Count: 160,700 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘When I was young I would get into bed, lie down and close my eyes. I would imagine a car park full of different...
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Word Count (16.06.13)
Words Written Today: 3,170 Overall Word Count: 164,803 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: ‘This is my last suit that doesn’t have wine stains, food stains, cigarette burns or the alluring aroma of flop...
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Word Count (17.06.13)
Words Written Today: 631 Overall Word Count: 164,501 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: Can’t really print any lines without giving away spoilers. Lines I Wish I Had Written: Non-violent resistance implies...
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Word Count (18.06.13)
Words Written Today: 822 Overall Word Count: 165,254 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: Again too spoiler-y Lines I Wish I Had Written: “I wish your revolt well, my friend,” said Bakhtin, “but beware that...
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Word Count (19.06.13)
Words Written Today: 3,237 Overall Word Count: 168,568 Favourite Lines I Wrote Today: The End Lines I Wish I Had Written: If you want a happy ending, it just depends on where you close the book. From...
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Hey there
Hello, guys, Sorry there’s been a few weeks of quiet but with finishing the book and the wedding I haven’t had huge amounts of time for blogging and also I’ve been taking a writing break to detox...
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Essentials for editing the first draft
After I finished my book I waited six weeks before I looked at it again. The idea is to forget as best you can the story you’ve just spent a year writing. At the same time eight of my friends are...
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The 100 Word Novel: Thirty-Nine: Watch
Joe stood on the walls watching the privates douse the storage hut with gasoline. A huge smile halved his face. ‘Finally,’ he muttered. ‘Something worth watching.’ The privates circled the hut...
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Writing = Done, Reading = Done, Editing = Pending
Last night I finished my read-through of my book. Some of my beta readers have finished and some are still trying to get finished before the deadline of the 31st August when we all meet together and...
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Ideas and How to Grow Them
Book One is finished. Still needs some polish and I still need to hear from my readers what works and doesn’t work but from my own read and from the first reviews that have come in it hangs together...
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Elmore Leonard’s Rules for Writers
There is an article that was in the Guardian I read a few years ago and I find myself going back to now and then just to hold my hands over the creative spark and breathe a little air on it to fuel it...
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After the Beta Reading
Last Friday I had my big reading circle and my friends critiqued my book while I made notes. It was like sitting in a dentist’s chair for three hours, but it was discomfort that was necessary. It...
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The Big Rewrite
Started changing the pronouns today, but while doing it started to re-plot in my head and now, changing it from 1st to 3rd before re-writing feels like a waste of time. So the schedule has changed....
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The Fifteen Page Plan
Tomorrow morning I will rise at 6am (or 6ish…maybe more like 7am…8.30am, anyway it’ll be early for a Saturday) and start the rewrite. The idea is to do, what I call, the Fifteen Page Plan. The FPP is...
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How To Write Good by Frank L. Visco
My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules: Avoid alliteration. Always. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.) Employ...
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