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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 4 months ago
@knickylaurelle – Hi Knicks…sorry but I can see your question but can’t find a way to reply to it! Glad to hear you’re doing OK in spite of everything…having littlies around while studying is HARD! Well done you for getting through it all x
I’m good, ta… writing is much slower going, cos my head’s not always in the right place to…[Read more]
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Squidge started the topic Monthly comp: July 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 4 months ago
Don’t know how many of you support the Big Issue, but you might well have heard of Street Cat Bob, who adopted a young homeless man and saved his life. Sadly, James Bowen’s feline saviour died in June after being hit by a car. Many people have been moved by their story, and Bob was quite the poster-cat for the Big Issue.
I loved the film – A…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly Competition: June 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 4 months ago
Wowser – thanks, Jill! There were some great interpretations of the theme, so well done to everyone who entered…especially as I think it was Andrew’s first time?
I’ll have a think about a theme and post a bit later this morning…
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly Competition: June 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 4 months ago
The Midsummer Madness
“Are ye well prepared?”
Aliz nods, her eyes wide and dark in her face. “I soaked the rope in rosemary water like ye said, an’ the pegs were whittled fresh from holly.”
“Good. And the other?”
“I have it.”
No tremor in her voice. Will she remain as unaffected if she is forced to use it?
“Good.” I tap my finger on my t…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Where to start? in the forum
A place for Stupid Questoins 6 years, 4 months agoWot everyone else said! My rule of thumb to determine when I should show is to put myself in the MC’s shoes and write from their experience – if I can portray something through what they are seeing/hearing/feeling, then it’s probably more of a ‘show’ moment than a ‘tell’ one. For me, it’s linked with people and actions rather than descriptions -…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Where to start? in the forum
A place for Stupid Questoins 6 years, 4 months agoHi Andrew. The only stupid questions are the ones you don’t ask and it doesn’t matter how ‘far’ along the learning the craft of writing journey you are, there are still more things to find out about and old things to be reminded about.
Emma Darwin’s blog The Itch of Writing has a host of useful blogs if you haven’t come across it already. This…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 4 months ago
I like character questionnaires but I don’t do them slavishly. If there are questions where I don’t know the answer and I don’t care, I leave them. However other questions may provoke a stream of thoughts that go off on a tangent and I follow them. I find they are a useful tool (and that is all) when I want to work on a particular character and…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 4 months ago
Doug – if your writing strikes you as ‘amateurish’, it’s probably a good thing; it means that, in the time since you originally wrote the novel you have grown and developed as a writer and are already – subconsciously – aware of it.
It’s very hard to do, but have you considered completely rewriting the story from scratch? It’s something I did…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 4 months ago
Mad has touched on what I posted (and lost!) yesterday.
Sometimes, I think we confuse perfectionism with finding our own, unique writer’s voice. We try so hard to make it sound ‘right’ that we forget we’re trying to express something of who we are, who our characters are, within the world we’ve created. Of course we want to make our stories the…[Read more]
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Fantasy Anthology in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Great news Kate – well done!!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 4 months ago
Perfectionism is a curse. But the desire for perfection is necessary, if we’re ever to get to be as good as we can be.
Every time I re-read anything I’ve ever written, I find myself changing a word here, a phrase there. A sentence can be cut completely and rewritten, and in the next rewrite, it comes back again.
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Squidge replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 4 months ago
Aaaargh! Just wrote a reply and it’s thrown me off and lost it all! Will post again tomorrow…
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Fantasy Anthology in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Excellent news! I will look out for it!
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Tilda and the Mines of Pergatt in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Oh Fabulous!! Can you let me know when the paperbacks are out?
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Squidge replied to the topic Tilda and the Mines of Pergatt in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Thank you x
Ath, I should have some paperbacks soon, after a leetle glitch with the cover (take a decko in RASSA for what happened!)
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Hey Squidge! I’m glad I can see your reply and post one of my own. I just finished posting a reply to Kaz and can’t seem to find my way back to it. The Forest of Vanishing Posts is simply marvellous 😌 I’m so glad you’re good, and I absolutely understand the headspace. Socks make life worth living, don’t even @ me on this haha. Comfy feet are the b…[Read more]
Should be available on Amazon, but also available via the publisher direct http://bbp.bedazzledink.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6&zenid=961f25f4969463b72b3509e3392cd593