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Wrestle with the text Sounds much cooler than it is Finishing cheers me
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In the early 20th Century – James Joyce wrote what many scholars consider to be one of the most important works in the English language “Finnegan’s Wake”. It is famously also an incredibly difficult book to read. If you take a look at the above section of text this is typical of the style. You…
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I have started thinking about levelling up – there are probably lots of areas in which I could level up but let’s start with writing. I am pleased that I already have something essential in place. That is, a writing practice where I show up for no matter what. I feel a sense of pride…
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That pleasing downward trend has turned into a less than pleasing upward trend. The reason – a series of unfortunate events. That is me catching covid, my wife and daughter catching covid, my son’s finger becoming infected, having to look after an entire family since my symptoms were mild as well as father’s day cake,…
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I did it I wrote for 15 minutes – I wrote 777 words. Here are some threads that came out. Parts of it feel a bit cringe.
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I have noticed a certain saminess to the writing that I do – there are a lack of surprises or any useful insights in my work. There are probably two causes to this. (Cause 1) You have grasped all the “low hanging fruit” of good ideas that you have. (Cause 2) Writing for an audience…
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Tim Clare is notable in being someone who is about the same age as me. who has been more successful than me, and yet, I do not harbour deep resentment towards. The reason for this is that he does so much good. I first encountered him when I was trying to get a writing practice…
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Hi there spread-heads (this is a new term I’m trying to get off the ground – so please use it in your everyday parlance) please find here a randomiser template that you can use should you want some random combination of things put next to each other. The way it works is this. Enter some…
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Just in case you wanted a really good podcast – here’s a great limited series about life inside ISIS.