Creative writing class
Reading each student’s work each week, at a rate of ten minutes each, took nearly two and a half hours. Thinking of suitable comments, adding them in to the appropriate place in Google Classroom, and updating my spreadsheet markbook took another hour and a half.
Something had to be done.
Read MoreLast week I announced a competition to win a copy of A Town Without Time, the new collection of work by Gay Talese. Here is the link again, this time with an unrestricted link!
Read MoreHere are seven handy techniques with which to enrich your writing. Used sparingly, they can be very effective at bringing a piece to life.
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Three creative writing experiments: stories written in the hardboiled style.A short review, plus a chance to win a copy of this new book.
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Here is a mixture of news, articles and links you might like. A word of warning though: one of the pieces below is pure fiction. I will leave you to determine which one.
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was intrigued to discover that a popular news magazine of the sixties had been anticipated by Defoe.
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A load of chips — photo by Terry Freedman
Lois has an arts degree from the University of Oxford, which means that she can tell you everything you need to know about the influence of post-modernism on Latin-American literature in the final quarter of the twentieth century, but she can’t add up.
Read MoreThe Music Programme of Study requires students to have an understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen, and its history, and an appreciation of different musical styles.
Read MoreIn all, twenty three poets are considered, and they constitute a wide variety: alongside the usual ones like Milton and Chaucer, we find Sappho and Basho. Each chapter is a mixture of biography and quotations.
Read MoreI was very pleased to be able to give a load of women the benefit of my wisdom and experience on a Jane Austen course a few months ago.
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Me feeling somewhat exercised
Playing the feminist card strikes me as intellectually lazy.
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The City LIt, where I teach a creative writing course, a course for would-be bloggers and a course on the Oulipo is holding another Late Lines event.
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More news about the LBF’s programme this year. This post is about a seminar for self-publishers.
Read MoreOne of the things I think can add to one’s enjoyment and also improve one’s writing is to read stories from other cultures.
Read MoreIt’s coming up to that time of year again: the London Book Fair.
Read MoreThis pdf contains the reviews of mine that were published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024.
Read MoreHere are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
Read MoreHere are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
Read MoreHere are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
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