I keep you company while we both get some creative work done.
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I talk about keeping writing interesting by skipping ahead to write scenes, then we both have 15 minutes of time to do some focussed work, then I talk about making a ‘plot menu’ for myself, with a list of interesting things that might happen in my book.
Sound for the 15 minutes: birds in the cherry tree on a windy afternoon.
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6 Sept 2026
Skipping the Boring Bits (S02, E02)
I briefly speculate on why I’ve been writing less. What if it’s that I’ve been writing too many boring bits? I spend 15 minutes looking at how to fix that, while you do your own work. Then I come back and sum up.
Book mentioned: Glorious Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon. I have a feeling I said ‘she’ when talking about the author, but I think he’s a he.
Sound for today’s episode: me scything the garden grass.
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30 Aug 2026
Back to Work (S02, E01)
I talk about balancing moving forward with a novel and looking back to fix things. Then I spend 15 minutes doing the moving forward part, while you too get some creative work done (I hope), and come back and sum up.
Sound for today’s 15 minutes: the burn running beside my studio.
Books mentioned: none! Oh dear.
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