I enjoyed the course, but would have preferred it to have been longer.
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Review: A Little History of Literature
As for non-students whose memories of Eng Lit conjure up trying to make sense of Shakespeare, you may discover that “A Little History of Literature” will help you to erase such memories!
Read MoreReading streak? Oh, puh-lease!
in News & views
How do you encourage people to read?
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Review: Creative writing for social media
Good Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) practice may decree that the ideal blog post length is between 1760 and 2400 words, but I prefer to write for people rather than an algorithm.
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Quick look: Guerrilla Publicity
This book is aimed at the small business person who has more energy than money to spend on publicity. That sounds like a description of most writers!
Read MoreBunbury and Bales
in Reflections
Although I’ve read both The Importance of Being Earnest, and Stephen Potter’s One-Upmanship books, many times over the years, it has only just struck me that, in one particular chapter, Potter may have been influenced by Wilde.
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Reflection in window, by Terry Freedman
Mirrors and windows
What have mirrors and windows have to do with children’s literature?
Read MoreTampering with natural ignorance: Oscar Wilde on education
Wilde’s pronouncements on education are very humorous, but contain an element of truth.
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Archives, by Terry Freedman
On this day: Inheriting ebooks
On 24 June 2012 I reported on some discussions around the question of whether you can inherit ebooks, or pass them on to your heirs.
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Review: Exercises in Style
in Bookshelf, Oulipo, Oulipo book, Reviews
Anyone interested in the craft of writing should read this book. It’s not a primer, or dictionary, or anything of that nature. But it does exactly what it says on the tin.
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The following was written as an assignment for a course called Creative Writing for Social Media.
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London Book Fair 2021
in Events, News & views
The London Book Fair is online this year, and lasts for two weeks, starting tomorrow (22 June 2021). Having registered, activated my account, and trawled through the sessions, the following in particular appeal to me, in no particular order…
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quotation marks, by Terry Freedman
Quote styles
in Bits & bobs
Quote styles
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A bang on the head in the future tense
In the middle of the night, I will wake up (if you can call being semi-conscious being awake), walk purposefully towards the door to go to the bathroom — and almost knock myself out.
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Oulipo books reviewed on this website
Here is a selection of books about or featuring Oulipo that I’ve reviewed on this website. It’s not an extensive list, but I’m adding to it all the time.
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slumped, by Terry Freedman
Writing when distracted
If I didn’t write while I’m distracted by things going on I’d never write at all. Is the answer to go on a writing residential, once they’re running again?
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Man in a hat, sepia version, by Terry Freedman
The Oulipo of photography
in Oulipo, Photography
The principles of Oulipo can be applied to photography as well.
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Terry Freedman's Books Bulletin: what's coming up?
In the forthcoming issue of Terry Freedman’s Books Bulletin (after a long hiatus) we have various items, including…
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The Oulipo: part of my writing ‘toolkit’. Picture by Terry Freedman
The Oulipo, and how it has helped me as a writer
Unlike other approaches to writing, Oulipo is based on constraints rather than such devices as free association.
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London Book Fair seminar
Writers' Summit
As I mentioned in my blog post about this year’s London Book Fair, this week there is also a Writers’ Summit.
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