Cold frogs
The woman in the camping shop described the sleeping bag as “Warm down to three degrees – a good choice if you’re a real cold… Read More »Cold frogs
writing
The Craft of Research: Booth, Colomb and Williams’ four rules for writing clearly
I highly recommend the Craft of Research as a guide to structuring and writing research. It also contains – in Chapter Seventeen of the third… Read More »The Craft of Research: Booth, Colomb and Williams’ four rules for writing clearly
A world class sentence
Could you write a world-class sentence – one that wouldn’t look out of place in a classic or a bestseller? Here are a three for… Read More »A world class sentence
If they knew what you know (2)
“I’m an imposter. If they knew what I knew I’d never work again.” This may be true. If it is, you’ve got some work to… Read More »If they knew what you know (2)
If they knew what you know (1)
Sometimes it feels awkward to ‘sell’ an idea or product, but persuading people to agree / sign up / buy what you’re selling is fine… Read More »If they knew what you know (1)
Steven Pressfield on playing hurt
The concept in all these [“healing”] environments seems to be that one needs to complete his healing before he is ready to do his work.… Read More »Steven Pressfield on playing hurt
Story, not premise: 2000AD writing guidelines
These are great writing tips, applicable – with a bit of adaptation- to any medium. Future Shocks are self-contained, four page science-fiction short stories with a… Read More »Story, not premise: 2000AD writing guidelines
tl;dr
We live in an era where people will spend days of their lives – hours at a time – to watch a box set or… Read More »tl;dr
By the word
How long does it need to be? What would be different if, rather than being paid by the word, you were paying?
Neil Gaiman on character, motivation and plot
The next [building block of story] is the characters. Who are they? What do they want? I’m going to harp on a lot about what… Read More »Neil Gaiman on character, motivation and plot