The Joy of Fixion
Jo Gatford'Fix' your fiction by focusing on the joy. Writing exercises, observations, glimmers, and creative curiosities from an award-winning author and editor.
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How to Tell a Tiny Life Story
This post is a sneaky little taster of the kind of thing you can expect from my new course, A Month of Stories, starting 3 August — weekly writing prompts, craft insights, and the option for feedback on one of your drafts.
Spend a month i...
8 Ways to Unfuck Your Writing
UPCOMING WRITING THINGERIES:
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Unfuck Your Writing — online workshop, 25th July
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In the Writing Trenches — online writing hangout, 29th July
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A Month of Stories — 4-week short fiction course, starts 3rd Aug
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Has It Got Le...
The Joy of Catalogues
Do you want to see one of my favourite books? Let me show you one of my favourite books.
I have a growing collection of 1800s catalogues and diaries, but this one — a reproduction 1897 Sears & Roebuck mail order catalogue— is by far the e...
Bullshit Creative Rules
I found this prime example of “show, don’t tell” in my local pool haul and it made me think about all the bullshit creative ‘rules’ we absorb over the years...
(personally, I think the label adds to the charm)
Over the past few years — p...
Why Editing is Like Clearing Out the Cupboard Under the Stairs
Hey,
So, at last week’s Unf*ck Your Writing hangout, I got to share my favourite writing analogy:
Editing is like clearing out the cupboard under the stairs — it’s got to be done, but there’s always a point you start regretting your life...
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