Tag: writing
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Writing Update
This week is actually my last as a 27-year-old. I turn 28 on Monday… slowly inching towards the 30-year-old-cliche my blog title is a nod to. So, in true me fashion, I began a Crime Writing online course at Faber Academy. It seems like it’ll be a really fun opportunity to meet more writers and…
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Writing Update
As last week was so productive, this week was doomed to editing. I still hit my targets – even if I did have a little overwhelmed cry on Wednesday – but mostly this week I was focusing on editing my short stories for the various and sundry competitions I’m looking to enter. I hate editing.…
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Writing Update
As we here in Tokyo trundle back into another ‘lockdown’ or whatever the government is calling it this time, I find myself with more time on my hands. Which is both a blessing and a curse. My day job has gone back online for now, which cuts down on the amount of time I spend…
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Writing Update
This week went well writing wise! Wow alliteration. It comes as a surprise to be simply because of the amount of random untoward personal life stuff. A friend is going through some health issues. Some scary health issues. Work kicked off in the kind of way where it feels a lot like you’re drowning. But…
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Writing Update
So, as I have mentioned, I suck at consistently writing. Partially, it has to do with my ADHD. I tend to want to hyper focus on one thing and then I spiral. If that one thing is writing? Great! I once bashed out 60,000 words over the course of two months. But if it’s not?…
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A sense of place …
Establishing a sense of place in writing is surely incredibly important. You want, ideally, to ground yourself and your readers in the world you have created. You want to establish a concrete reality and build onto it from there. I suck at it. I am aware of this problem in my writing. Trust me. I’ve…
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