the writer type

By Paul Bassett Davies. An invaluable resource for anyone who'd rather read this kind of thing than get on with some work.

Friday, 22 March 2013

UNWRITING TIPS

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Imagine you’re a writer. Go ahead, millions of other people do it, and many of them dispense advice on the subject. Of c...
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Monday, 19 November 2012

UNSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

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You know how it is. You're at the end of your tether. Your hopes and dreams seem futile. You feel that the world is conspiri...
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Thursday, 2 June 2011

why I am a genius

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As we all know, genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. And 1% willingness to disregard rules, especially rules about percentages...
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Monday, 2 May 2011

the writer's voice and how to shut it up

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As a writer I am passionate about the following subjects: Food hygiene. Mid range family cars. Duodenal ulcer medication. Well, I've ...
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Thursday, 7 April 2011

how to have someone else's idea

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If you tell a Hollywood film producer you've got an original idea they usually ask what it's based on. If you say you made it up, ...
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Sunday, 13 March 2011

funny and not so funny (update)

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It's funny if a well dressed, dignified man slips on a banana skin. It's not so funny if a tramp does it. But what if the rich g...
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011

failure is the new success

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The world is suffocating in an avalanche of self-help books that promise to reveal the secrets of success, and every day more of them appea...
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Friday, 19 November 2010

deadline fever - read this by yesterday

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Ask the average writer how they feel about deadlines.  Remember not to use the phrase "average writer" to their face, by the way....
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Paul has been writing for over thirty years and he still hasn't finished. Some of his stories, plays, TV and radio work, and films have been published, performed, broadcast, and produced. He's also been a cab driver, a barman, a radio producer, a welder's mate, a dj in a strip club and the vocalist in a punk band. He is now writing his third novel. Mmm, this is a pleasantly robust Chianti with subtle hints of oak, a big, punchy finish and now I think I'll go out and get a tattoo.
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