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This is the last post I am doing from this Google blogger.com blog. Please come and join me at my new website/blog at www.writingourselveswell.co.uk. Pathways Through Writing Blocks in the Academic Environment. Healing Words: six linked one day workshops exploring creative writing. Photos by Mark Vesey. Many of the names used in this blog have been changed and the dates and places of events have been disguised in order to preserve confidentiality. My Blog and Web List. The Quirk on the Hill. I am a write...
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Writing Ourselves Well - Blog: 09/12
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I was listening to Radio Four's Saturday Live the other week when Edwina Curry came on claiming that, "Your diary never tells you you're wrong.". Maybe Edwina thinks she is perfect and never slips up? What a shame that she seems to be eschewing a safe and kind way of reflecting on herself and learning from that reflection. On the 17th of August, does just that. Kennedy goes further and appears to contradict the idea that writing can be therapeutic, although it's not clear whether she means this just for ...
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Writing Ourselves Well - Blog: 02/13
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There is a quote from TS Elliot which I have always been struck by: 'We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.'. Today I rather regretted the spot I had chosen, but writing with gloves on (never easy) and hat pulled down I had a go:. Saturday was spent enjoying this year's Coastival ( www.coastival.com. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Pathways Through Writing Blocks in the Academic Environment. A new book by ...
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In some ways, because of the lack of intense emotion expressed in the pages of her novel, she does capture something I heard a forensic pathologist comment on in an interview I saw recently. He said that, in general, crime fiction fails to portray the casualness and the indifference of the perpetrators of the violence he encounters in his job every day. Sadly, that perhaps hasn't changed in the last eighty years. Pathways Through Writing Blocks in the Academic Environment. Photos by Mark Vesey. Scarborou...
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Writing Ourselves Well - Blog: 06/13
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Thank you to Sue for the cakes, to Felix and Rosie for the readings and to everyone who came. I indulged myself at the weekend with one and half days at the Bridlington Poetry Festival ( http:/ www.bridlington-poetry-festival.com/. Alireza Abiz gave us a timely reminder of the dangers that some poets/writers encounter for expressing their truth. He gave us an insight into the 'Ministry for Culture and Islamic Guidance', the wonderfully Orwell-esque name of the department of censorship in Iran. However, I...
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Writing Ourselves Well - Blog: 03/13
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This was something I wrote on a recent trip to Switzerland, it may be appropriate for the recent weather:. The persistence of snow. As inconsequential as crematorium ash,. It falls, subdues, transforms. Writers, readers and lovers of words in Scarborough are gearing up for this year's literature festival ( www.scarboroughliteraturefestival.co.uk. As well as nationally known authors with a book to promote, there is a vibrant fringe - see the website - with performances and workshops of every hue. A new bo...
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Writing Ourselves Well - Blog: 08/13
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There came a moment of inattention,. I think I was trying to make sense of my own design,. When it began to unravel. I dropped stitches,. Felt the yarn untwist then knot between my fingers. There came that moment of inattention,. When my own fashioning began to seem unwieldy,. And I purled instead of plained. And our glorious pattern looked. Awkward, unworked, unbeautiful. There came this moment. When I saw what I had done. Then there came another moment. When together we scooped up the sorry mess. And i...
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Writing Ourselves Well - Blog: 07/13
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I had a great time, so it is very satisfying (and confidence boosting) when the participants say that they are gaining from the experience too. Here are some comments from the evaluations:. 8216;Gently and thoughtfully presented – allowed me to explore and learn more about using metaphor.’. 8216;The metaphor workshop was magical’. 8216;I’d highly recommend Kate’s writing workshops. I’ve done two and have learnt so much in each but also really enjoyed them.’. Food we loathe;. Food and place;. She encourag...
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Writing Ourselves Well - Blog: 01/13
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I have sent off my proofread manuscript to my publishers. The last few weeks have been a bit of a grind, waiting for the work to come back from the proofreader and then doing the amendments required. I thirsted for something more creative, while also being aware how important this step was and not wanting to mess it up. To think this time last year I had 0 words and now I have 60,000 - and not just any random words, as my friend keeps pointing out - I feel quite giddy. As icicles weep,. So 2013 begins an...
