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JaneShuff replied to the topic Syllabus and course materials. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoWoolleybeans, I think we’re all queuing in the playground waiting for the classrooms to appear and have thankfully shoved the responsibility onto you to produce them!
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Syllabus and course materials. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoMine due to arrive Tuesday. Ditto for the excitement…
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Syllabus and course materials. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 10 months agoI’ve bought the books and I’m looking forward to starting. Thank you WB!
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JaneShuff replied to the topic replying to agent rejections in the forum Coffee Shop 6 years, 10 months ago
I’ve generally replied in the past to agents who have read the full and the type of reply has depended on the type of mail they’ve sent. if it’s been a fairly short ‘not for us’, I’ve just thanked them but if they’ve gone to the bother of giving me some feedback, I’ve normally thanked them for it specifically and told them how much I valued it,…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Syllabus and course materials. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 10 months agoI’m in the camp that would prefer a bit of a timetable but can I just clarify something and sorry if this has been dealt with elsewhere.
Year 1 consists of the Craft Seminars,the first year of writing workshop and the first year of the professional development masterclas.
The Craft Seminars of which there are fifteen IMO lend themsleves to a…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Fantastic achievement @elle! Congratulations
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JaneShuff posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Every single person in my novel is caucasian (which is a serious problem)and I want to introduce a character who isn’t but I’m absolutely terrified of getting it wrong. He’ll play neither a big nor a stereotypical role and I don’t want his enthnicity to be any more of a thing that another character’s hair colour and Scottish accent. Any pointers?…[Read more]
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Hi Jane, you don’t say where your setting is but for the UK you can give him a non Caucasian name and that will be sufficient?
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@janeshuff, my book is full of varied ethnicity because of the region I’ve set it in. To help, I have gone with what I know. First, I looked at who I knew personally, who might help me factually. Secondly, people I know or have known more remotely, have inspired other characters and I took notes of what I remembered about them. In addition, I s…[Read more]
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I’m inclined towards Libby’s way. You’re not out to solve the problems of a multiracial society, so if you start planting hints and plot devices then you’ll end up with the author waving at the readers.
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Hi Jane, You can tie yourself in knots, trying to be PC and non-culturally appropriative (if that’s a word: it is now) and not offend anybody. I read an article a while ago, suggesting that if you have a walk-on part using someone called ‘Steve’, change his name to ‘Sanjay’ and leave it at that. i.e. doing just what Steve did with Steve’s joys and…[Read more]
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Thank you all. Extremely helpful as always.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Syllabus and course materials. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 10 months agoI sort of assumed we might work through each unit on the Craft Seminar as a group, posting exercises for comment the same way we did on the Self-Edit course when I did it. I find the structure of a timetable (however gentle and slow it is) works better for me.
What does everyhbody else feel?
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Syllabus and course materials. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 10 months agoYes, just been on Amazon to have a look. There’s a revised edition of Bird by Bird due out in January. Do you have any thoughts when we might start? I’d quite like to save some money by having books delivered to the UK and getting visitors in mid October or end of November to bring them over to France and I’ll need to get a move on for mid…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic National Creative Writing Industry Day in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 6 years, 10 months ago
I can’t @Raine. I’d love to though… But do tell us what it’s like.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Fantastic! Congratulations!!!! I’ll add a few more!!!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Brilliant, Kate. Well done!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
Thanks Kate, good comp.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
I am still working too. I need the constant (but lovely) stream of guests we’ve had this month to finish so I have a bit more time.
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JaneShuff posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Is anyone watching the second series of Keeping Faith? And would be able to tell me what happened in the first episode? No I Player available because I live abroad and I missed the first episode. I have rexorded all the others so far but I would love to know what happened in the first episode before I start watching them.
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Problem solved!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Have we ever had an entry in the form of a song before? Formatting may be a challenge, so bear with me.
On a restroom wall in Baltimore,
Above a broken sink,
Someone scratched this message,
“It’s later than you think”I took this simple line to heart,
I saw that it was true,
And built myself a sturdy boat,
Then sailed the ocean blue.Time goes…[Read more]
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