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Posted on 7 March 2012 by

Some idle theorising… Writing, the way I’ve lived it, is like breathing. Poetry or the lyrics I fumbled with that were my first self-aware writings, were like a held breath, a single breath held in as I tried to grasp … Continue reading →

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Posted on 9 November 2011 by

After spending four hours exploring the plot of the novel I am writing with my wife on Monday night, the texture of it emerging simply as a result of us talking about it, nobody can tell me these things don’t … Continue reading →

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Posted on 20 September 2011 by

I really must start noting down ideas for these entries. I always have The Book to fall back on, to start looking at the tensions of writing, but it’s all pretty straightforward – I’m not writing because I’m not convinced … Continue reading →

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Posted on 12 September 2011 by

Damn, I had the beginning of this post all worked out in my head, sitting neatly alongside the just-for-fun rom-com script idea which burst into being over the weekend and the early frame of a grand theory of being which … Continue reading →

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Posted on 4 April 2011 by

What am I doing? Saturday night I took myself off for a stomp to relieve a pressing sense of cabin fever which had me moving listlessly about the flat for want of something to do, unable to gather myself to … Continue reading →

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Posted on 14 March 2011 by

So the first thing I think of when W2B told me about the typewriter, and teased me with the details of what it looked like, was a kids self-discovery story about a boy rummaging through an old barn and finding … Continue reading →

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Posted on 15 February 2011 by

I don’t need a header, really. But I like the motivational number for the moment – with this post it’ll be two steps down the road to becoming a writer. I’ve already got pretty good at holding back the inner … Continue reading →

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