Characters
The relationship between writers and the characters they create is often a tangled one. While not all of us are going to become as entangled with our characters as the … Continued
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On a Winter’s Night
A little while ago, I was asked about the ways I gather material to write, and I thought of the sound walk I joined during the midwinter jazz festival last … Continued
Writing Well Pays Off
In life, we’re always accumulating knowledge. We accumulate it through what we read, what we watch, the people we interact with, our experiences, our successes, and our failures. We are, … Continued
Everyone’s a Critic
The rise of the blogosphere (is that the official term now?) has enabled countless individuals to establish an online presence and a platform for public discourse. There’s a blog for … Continued
The Fellowship of the Wing
At 7.00 pm, on Wednesday night 18th of February, Busybird’s Open Mic Night returns for 2015. Regular readers of this blog or our newsletter will know our spiel: Open Mic … Continued
The Rules of Writing
Writing’s a funny thing. It’s an act of pure imagination and speculation, and even the most technical forms of writing require some form of spatial and abstract thinking. It’s the … Continued
Knowing Your World
Whenever you write a story, you’re creating a world for your characters and events to function in. This applies to whatever the story is about. Obviously, if you’re writing a … Continued
The Reason Why
The definition of the word writing denotes it to sound like such a plain, everyday concept; as in the context of writing an email or writing your name. The people … Continued