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The Clockwork Muse: strategies for planning your writing
Eviatar Zerubavel believes that the key to gaining control over your writing is effective planning. His book The Clockwork Muse provides practical advice about scheduling in order to master the...
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Trollope – the Granddaddy of Tracking
Anthony Trollope wrote over sixty books whilst working for the General Post Office – famously introducing the post box to Britain. Since its publication in 1883 his autobiography has inspired writers...
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Farah Abushwesha: “Don’t commit to one script, commit to a career”
Farah Abushwesha knows a thing or two about how writers write. As a writer and filmmaker herself, she’s also spent the past 15 years heading up the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum where she helps...
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Writing morning pages
Morning pages hold a fascination for writers. Devotees like Francesca Chessa swear by them as a channel for creativity. Whereas time-pressed would-be writers like me look on in bafflement and wonder...
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Achieve great things by thinking small
Instead of trying to create the perfect goal why not set goals you can actually achieve? Here’s a technique to set small goals – ones so trivial and insignificant they appear ridiculous – that can...
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The Mason Currey interview: “I do my best work first thing in the morning,...
In the introduction to his best selling book Daily Rituals, Mason Currey writes how for a year and a half, he got up at 5.30am, brushed his teeth, made a cup of coffee and sat down to write about how...
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The Nir Eyal interview: “The only way to turn writing into a habit is to...
Nir Eyal I first came across Nir Eyal when researching behavior change theory. I was interested in the psychology of habits and how writers could use technology to improve their writing practice....
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Collaborative writing – the short story challenge
I spoke to a group of writers about their collaborative writing project The 900 Club. Despite having individual take on facial hair fashions and literary styles, they have a shared approach to writing...
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The David Quantick interview: “Writing rooms are all about who can shout the...
David Quanitick courtesy of Kiran Ridley David Quantick has spent 25 years writing everything. Poems, novels, scripts, best man’s speeches, top TV comedies like Veep, The Thick of It and The Day Today...
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Why scheduling sucks and how you can learn to write spontaneously
Advice on writing productivity often focuses on scheduling time to write. But having an unpredictable day doesn’t mean you should give up writing. Embrace the chaos and learn to write spontaneously. A...
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