I’m doing the “Couch to 80k” – a writing bootcamp from writer and poet Tim Clare. For more information go here: http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ Exercise Nine Another free write. Write on any subject. Keep writing for ten minutes. I don’t believe in ghosts. I don’t believe in an after life. I don’t [read more…]
I’m doing the “Couch to 80k” – a writing bootcamp from writer and poet Tim Clare. For more information go here: http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ Exercise Eight Another free write. Write on any subject. Keep writing for ten minutes. Yesterday I talk about school and history lessons but I actually started talk about [read more…]
My mother is awesome. There are lots of stories I have that show her as a badass or caring mother but there’s one that, well, sometimes it can be one of those ‘you had to be there’ stories, other times it makes me giggle thinking about. My mother likes a [read more…]
I’m doing the “Couch to 80k” – a writing bootcamp from writer and poet Tim Clare. For more information go here: http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ Exercise Seven Write for ten minutes about whatever you like – no stopping. Don’t worry about grammar, feel free to change subject at any point. Try not to [read more…]
I’m doing the “Couch to 80k” – a writing bootcamp from writer and poet Tim Clare. For more information go here: http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ Exercise Six Interesting objects found in the protagonists bag. Try to be specific. Feel free to write about more than one protagonist. Protagonist One The stub from a [read more…]
Many years ago there was a young man named Simon who had an unusual hobby. He was obsessed with finding the grave of the great wizard Merlin and raising him from the dead. Although most scholars considered Merlin to be nothing but a myth or an amalgamation of a few [read more…]
I’m doing the “Couch to 80k” – a writing bootcamp from writer and poet Tim Clare. For more information go here: http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ Exercise Five List the books you haven’t read by intend to. Include non-fiction. Moby Dick – Herman Melville The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Fahrenheit 451 – [read more…]
I’m doing the “Couch to 80k” – a writing bootcamp from writer and poet Tim Clare. For more information go here: http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ Exercise Four A list of character descriptions Approx. 6ft3. Light brown hair. Blue eyes. Carries of folio of papers. Wearing a smart suit but no tie. Has pierced [read more…]
I’m doing the “Couch to 80k” – a writing bootcamp from writer and poet Tim Clare. For more information go here: http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ Exercise Three Write a list of problems or scenarios a character might face. Doesn’t have to be specific but it helps. Can be serious or have an element [read more…]
I’m doing the “Couch to 80k” – a writing bootcamp from writer and poet Tim Clare. For more information go here: http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/ Exercise Two Create two columns. One with word you like and one with words you don’t. Words You Like Words You Don’t Like Smotyn* Irregardless Love Hate Awesome [read more…]
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