We have discussed the need to ‘write about what you know’, and ways to research your material. But the easiest research technique is one you almost certainly use every day – reading! Writers collect facts, stories, anecdotes, phrases and words like bowerbirds collect bright objects to decorate their nests. As we read, we trawl for […]
Feed the Muse
Writing is hard work. It eats up your time and your energy. It demands your attention at inconvenient moments– times when you should be sleeping, or working, or walking along a beach with your lover. Writing leaves you exhausted, and yet exhilarated; drained and yet bubbling with fresh ideas; thrilled to write THE END yet […]