Let’s start by admitting I was never really any good in my acting class. At university I took an arts degree with a heavy dose…
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Thoughts about the writing life, professional issues, the state of the industry and philosophical concerns for writers.
And let’s face it, we are obsessed. Our media are laden with the dystopic. Some of our most popular stories are based on horrific cultures,…
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Kurt Vonnegut on Swooping Versus Bashing
Kurt Vonnegut, who is my literary hero, called himself a “swooper.” A swooper is someone who lets the story appear, higgley-piggley, in the first draft.…