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Proofreading your own fiction
Copyright © 2012 Jerry Dunne This post explains what proofreading entails for the fiction writer, shows some advantages of proofreading your own work and offers some ideas on developing proofreading skills. What is Proofreading for the writer of fiction? Proofreading … Continue reading →
Who best to critique your work?
A post for the not very experienced writer. Copyright © 2014 Jerry Dunne This post may be of interest to those looking for someone to critique their first or second unpublished novel. At some point, a writer will look for … Continue reading →
The struggle to finish that first novel
Copyright © 2015 Jerry Dunne I get a fair few e-mails from people telling me they’re about to give up on trying to finish their first novel (or have already given up) and can I offer them any advice on … Continue reading →
Those forgotten great ideas
Copyright © 2013 Jerry Dunne This post is about two great ideas I had then lost, why I lost them, whether I even had them, but what I gained from it all, anyway. One night, having twisted and turned for … Continue reading →
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The creative writer in a state of idleness
Copyright © 2013 Jerry Dunne Lazing on a bench by the river Nidd in the old market town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, I was staring at people climbing in and out of hired rowing boats. A couple had just settled … Continue reading →
A philosophical approach to the slog of draft writing those early novels
Copyright © 2013 Jerry Dunne Writing a novel is not a simple matter of writing a single draft, or even a second or a third. The first draft is merely the end of the beginning. In fact, once you have … Continue reading →
A writer’s pennies from heaven
Copyright © 2012 Jerry Dunne I was out for the day, walking by the river Nidd in the old market town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Under a blue sky, the river was rippling and gleaming, reflecting the diversity and eccentricity … Continue reading →
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Where do you get your ideas for your stories?
Copyright © 2011 Jerry Dunne Like so many storytellers this is a question I’ve been asked a lot. And it’s a question I don’t generally take seriously because ideas come easily and often from so little that I never think … Continue reading →