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GLITTERING PRIZES
In 2019 my sister Emily Sharma who has already won loads of writing prizes suggested I enter the Exeter Writers’ short story competition....
Brigid McConville
Jun 16, 202012 min read
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TO READ OR NOT TO READ?
We live in a world where everything is becoming more and more litigious. Musicians are sued for plagiarism, even if the similarity...
Daniela Soave
Jun 16, 20202 min read
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THE SHITTY FIRST DRAFT
I’ve talked before about how planning, thinking and researching can play as important a part as writing when it comes to progressing your...
Daniela Soave
Jun 16, 20204 min read
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MAKING THINGS UP
I’m not writing this week. I’m fine with that, because I’m researching. It doesn’t mean I’m stumped about where to go next; in fact I’m...
Daniela Soave
Jun 16, 20202 min read
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THE INFERNAL INTERNAL VOICES
Words, words words, swimming around my head but never, it seems when I try and record them on the page. I seem to have a constant...
Katherine Ewen
Jun 16, 20202 min read
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PURGATORY
I'm editing my first seven chapters at the minute. It's the thing I really don't enjoy about writing a book. I seem to have the attention...
Katherine Ewen
May 19, 20202 min read
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WE3WRITERS
We three writers (@We3writers) meet on Skype every two weeks to read each other’s fiction, give feedback and practical comments. I can’t...
Brigid McConville
May 19, 20202 min read
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WHEN EMOTIONS ARE TOO RAW TO WRITE ABOUT
Last week I was on a roll with my novel. It was the last thing I thought of before I went to sleep, the first thing that crossed my mind...
Daniela Soave
May 13, 20203 min read
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FREE AS A BIRD
Grayson Perry has been on TV with his ‘art class’ for all of us in lockdown. It’s a bit chummy for my liking, but one night there was a...
Brigid McConville
May 13, 20202 min read
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THIS TOO SHALL PASS
Lockdown has not been a bitter pill for me to swallow. I’m one of the lucky ones. I have a home that we bought a year ago in a bad state...
Katherine Ewen
May 13, 20202 min read
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WRITING A NOVEL. LIFE. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
The novel I'm writing has taken over my entire life. I wake up thinking about it. Every day I change it just a bit. If I’ve had a good...
Brigid McConville
May 11, 20202 min read
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WHEN DOING NOTHING CAN YIELD SOMETHING
Whenever I'm having one of those days where I seem to spend hours looking at cursor blinking on a blank screen, I remind myself that...
Daniela Soave
Apr 22, 20202 min read
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TALES OF THE LOCKDOWN
Generally, lockdown is going pretty well for me. I’m using my time to grow spiritually and to become a better person. This usually...
Katherine Ewen
Apr 22, 20203 min read
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PRODUCTIVITY
Productivity. Now there’s a weasel word for writers in the time of Covid-19. It has a whiff of capitalism coupled with work ethic guilt....
Brigid McConville
Apr 22, 20202 min read
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