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A taste of success
Filed under: Authors and Books
Despite it being dreary weather outside, I’m hot and bothered. I’m feeling the heat from my ever pressing deadlines.
Believe it or not, I’m in the throes of getting the 2011 edition of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook ready for press. There are new articles to edit, listings to update, pages to make up, the jacket to finalise and the index to compile.
This will be the eighth time I’ve put the Yearbook together and Read more
Rule 4: Quality not quantity
Filed under: Writing Advice
This is the fourth of my pieces on setting up a writers’ group. We have already covered what type of writers’ group you’d like to join (Rule 1), setting your group’s goals (Rule 2) and learning from others (Rule 3). In this final post in this series, we’ll take a look at how to deal with slow patches in participation.
A few weeks ago, we held the last of our Doha Writers’ Workshop meetings before the summer holidays. It was a talk by a poet who lived in the community. She was vibrant and shared from her heart. There were Read more
Every writer needs readers
Filed under: Writing Advice
I’ve just spent four hours with 13 other writers, immersing ourselves in a workshop that involved ‘prompt writing’: exercises that you get entirely fresh, no preparation, and with a time limit.
The goal is to generate as much material as possible – first draft writing – and the emphasis is on the act of generation, rather than grammar, spelling, or the tasks that come with revision.
This is the fifth such session I’ve organised for the writers’ workshop I run. Despite it being the first day of the weekend (here in the Middle East) we left more energised than when we straggled in at 2pm.
After the 15 or so minutes of writing (or typing) as fast as you can, you have the opportunity to share your work out loud. The electricity felt as Read more
Sneak preview…
Filed under: Festivals and Events, Getting Published
Excitement is building in the publicity department today as we prepare to announce our first Writers’ & Artists’ writing conference!
Perfect for all you aspiring writers looking for a bit of insight into the publishing process, this will be a unique opportunity to benefit from the experience of some of the industry’s finest.
Make sure you’re signed up to Read more
Buy the 2011 Yearbook
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