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During the year, I enter a lot of competitions in the hope of winning a substantial prize. Every now and then, that hope has come true! I’d like to share some resources – and some competitions upon which I have been placed or won prizes in the past: RESOURCES Poetry Ireland – Goto Resources – [...]
I hope you all had a happy and peaceful Christmas. I enjoyed a week watching television by an open, crackling wood fire and some great presents, including Building Websites For Dummies. Given my experience with trying to put a header at the top of the page using CSS (“WHY…CAN’T…IT.. ^&*(&^%…GO… WHERE… I… WANT… IT…TO?) I [...]
I’m feeling pretty happy this week. I am due to have an article published in tomorrow’s Daily Mail in the You Magazine section – a “This Life” feature about my participation in a choir andthe psychological benefits of singing. Furthermore I have been shortlisted for a substantial award in a science fiction competition. I only [...]
I spoke earlier about how important ideas generation is to the creation of a successful story. I also went into some detail about the process of gathering and creating ideas. In the second part of this two-hander I want to discuss implementing what the mind has gathered. Personally, I find that unless I can scope [...]
Many books and manuals can tell you how to perfect prose style or vary plot – but generating ideas is less frequently promoted. There is a good reason for this. Ideas, in my experience, come from the part of the mind that is secretive, non-verbal and intuitive. Some people might call this the “right brain” [...]
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