When you talk with writers both successful and struggling one of the (many) things we will always say is that “material can come from anywhere and everywhere”. We might say it in different ways or add overly colourful metaphors to it, but it all boils down to the same thing. A good story can come […]
Continue readingI received some negative feedback on a story I’d been commissioned to write recently. After I’d finished swearing, crying, throwing notepads and books across the room, drinking, passing out and sobering up…I realised something. Sometimes you have to write terribly. When I was able to go back and look at the feedback I had been […]
Continue readingHaving a ‘to do’ list saves my life practically every day. I find that if I don’t have one I end up starting the day with a vague idea of what it is I want to do and need to do, but in reality end up doing fuck all. I know because I […]
Continue readingWhat do the majority of writers have in common? We’re self-indulgent, miserable fuckers half the time and single-minded obsessed sociopaths the other half. To hang out with us is like walking on hot coals. If you don’t look down, you won’t get burnt but the moment you do is the moment you realise the soles […]
Continue readingOnce upon a time a boy met a girl. They had a couple of really nice dates that ended pretty well. Then she met up with her old boyfriend and all of a sudden boy becomes yesterday’s news. Now at first glance you’d think boy would be upset at this. But the truth is […]
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