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Books, by Terry Freedman
I’ve been reading Phillipa K. Chong’s “Inside the Critics’ Circle”, in which she attempts to discover the process by which books get reviewed. It’s a very interesting read. I haven’t finished it yet, so am not in a position to review it as such, but I was struck by the extract cited here.
Read MoreAn article caught my eye recently. Entitled “The sneaky trick for solving problems without answering them”, Jacob Aron describes a mathematical approach to solving a publem without actually doing anything about it. What’s this got to do with creative writing?
Read MoreA post I wrote while suffering from heat exhaustion.
Read MoreI have just four book reviews published in Teach Secondary magazine. Details inside.
Read MoreGeorges Perec famously wrote a novel without using the letter ‘e’. A cool literary trick, but what did it really signify?
Read MoreIn a couple of weeks’ time I shall be teaching a course called Creative Writing Using Constraints, at the City Lit in London. I felt that the blurb on the City Lit’s website was a bit mundane. So I got AI to write a better one.
Read MoreSome years ago I stopped accepting work from editors who liked everything about my work apart from paying me.
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Photo by Terry Freedman
Just in case I might get too complacent, a malignant Fate decreed that an article I’ve spent hours on has been rejected — by the person who commissioned it.
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Notebook, by Terry Freedman
I often find that working on paper is better than working on a computer. For the initial outline anyway.
There are several reasons why working on – and with – paper is beneficial.
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Photo by Terry Freedman
This is an updated version of an updated version of an article I originally published on this very website in 2015. In my experience, it absolutely applies to artists, teachers and other creatives as well as writers or consultants.
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history lesson
In England we used to have a weekly soap set in a school called Waterloo Road. This had everything you would hope not to find in a school: inappropriate behaviour, theft, even attempted murder – and that was just the staff.
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Straightforward advice with no persiflage.
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abstract art by Terry Freedman
This is an updated version of a post on my Substack newsletter from a few years ago, with bits of another of my articles thrown in for good measure.
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human being and blogger
Perhaps the easiest way to bring your writing to a wider audience these days is to do it yourself. The longest-running approach has been to start a blog. There are no gatekeepers, and within legal and commonsense limits you can write what you like.
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10 pound note, by Terry Freedman
Freebies work!
Read MoreIf, like me, you enjoy writing and you would like to earn money from it, should you go down the freelance writing route or write books, or both?From my experience, here are the pros and cons of freelancing.
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Books, by Terry Freedman
I’ve been reading Phillipa K. Chong’s “Inside the Critics’ Circle”, in which she attempts to discover the process by which books get reviewed. It’s a very interesting read. I haven’t finished it yet, so am not in a position to review it as such, but I was struck by the extract cited here.
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Seminar, by Terry Freedman
Why you should do some public speaking.
Read MoreI have temporaily removed the automatic paywall on my Eclecticism site, thereby freeing up 557 pieces for you to read should you so desire.
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From the archives: How will Virtual Reality reportage affect our experience of the news? What are the ethical issues involved?
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