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Category Archives: Creative Writing
After the Riots: Your Inner Polymath
In my previous post I mentioned the MacTaggart lecture delivered in Edinburgh last week by Eric Schmidt who is the chairman of Google, in the same breath that I expressed my individual questions and distress in response to the rioting we have witnessed so recently.
It may seem strange to link the two things but I hope it will become clear why I am.
As reported in The Guardian last Saturday Mr. Schmidt said, “Over the past century the UK has stopped nurturing its polymaths. You need to bring art and science back together.”
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After the Riots
I have written previously on this blog on my resistance to the idea that scholars – or luvvys and boffins to borrow the phrase used by Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google speaking in Edinburgh last week at the annual MacTaggart lecture on the state of higher education in the UK – should be seen as living a life apart. And yet, oddly enough, I was indeed ensconced in a small room in a large building working on ideas – which is to say I was marking my students’ essays- when I first understood the scale of what had happened in the country.
Running your own live literature night – part three
Part three of my how-to guide on running your own live literature night. Read More
Running your own live literature night – part two
Part two of my how to set up a live literature night guide. Read More
Running your own live literature night – part one
Part one of a guide to planning your own live literature night. Read More
Voices in Fiction
Voices I’ve been pondering what to write for this post, as I haven’t been that successful with my work recently. At my last meeting my supervisor again expressed doubts about my main character’s voice — it’s not very believable. Although … Read More
Tagged: creative, fiction, first person, monologue, narrative, voice, writing
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Hero Worship
Categories: Classics, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Writing Tips
My supervisor asked me recently if I’ve started thinking about the critical account to accompany my novel yet. I have, but it’s at the back of my mind at the moment, as I’m concentrating on writing the book itself. I … Read More »