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Tag Archives: subconscious
Was It Worth It?
Last Saturday morning five of us ex of the City course met for our last workshopping session of the current year (although it’s two years since we finished the course we’re still loosely following the Sep-June academic year). I sent … Continue reading
Posted in Frustrations, Writing Process
Tagged agents, artists, Creative Writing Classes, Delia Smith, editing, frustration, holidays, London, motivation, Olympics, Publishing, Shoreditch, subconscious, synopsis, time management, time passing, tiredness, work, workshops
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Anne Tyler at the Oxford Literary Festival
Along with 850 other fans, I was lucky enough to have a ticket to this morning’s Oxford Literary Festival interview with Anne Tyler at the Sheldonian Theatre. It was an absorbing event – the first public appearance of its type, … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged Anne Tyler, Breathing Lessons, character, craft of writing, dialogue, narrative, Oxford Literary Festival, planning, subconscious
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SFMoMA
It’s not some sort of weird business school acronym but the local shorthand for one of the best art galleries in the US — the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It’s a little confusing as, according to the guidebooks, … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged artists, Duchampf, Kim, Mark Rothko, modern art, Research, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMoMA, subconscious, theme
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Behind Closed Doors
In W.H.Smiths in Marylebone Station I recently spotted a new novel by Lucy Kellaway, the FT’s management correspondent, whose debunking of management theory codswallop is always entertaining. Her last novel ‘Martin Lukes: Who Moved My Blackberry’ was my holiday reading … Continue reading
Strictly No Sex Please in the British Literary Novel?
After the Facebook campaign that led Tony Blair’s ‘A Journey’ to be involuntarily moved within bookshops to the war or crime sections, there’s much excitement that a passage from the book has been urged for short-listing in the Literary Review’s … Continue reading
Posted in character, Influences, Writing Process
Tagged 'On Chesil Beach', Andrew Motion, Auberon Waugh, character, dancing, eroticism, experience of reading, Hilary Mantel, Ian McEwan, language, Man Booker Prize, Martin Amis, point of view, psychology, readings, sex, Strictly Come Dancing, subconscious, Susanna Rustin, tango
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John Nash in Meadle
An update to the post on ‘Totes Meer’ below. I was in Tesco’s and they’ve started to do a small selection of ‘local’ books. One was a walks in Buckinghamshire guide. I like to flick through these as they usually … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged artists, Germany, John Nash, psychology, Research, setting, subconscious, Tate Gallery, The Cornfield, The Moat Grange Farm Kimble, theme, walking, War
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Totes Meer
I’m finding it quite tricky to write a section of ‘The Angel’ in which Kim is in transition between London and the rural countryside. Part of the reason is that she’s currently making a journey alone, which isn’t a great … Continue reading
Churning Through the Mud
Autumn seems to have crept upon us — it’s grey, drizzly and windy outside — and I’m facing the realisation  that I’ve not written half as much as I hoped over the summer. I made some amends last week by … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Process
Tagged agents, Certificate in Novel Writing course, deadlines, feedback, German, Kim, motivation, noise words, pace, Penny Rudge, poetry, productivity, psychology, redrafting, subconscious, workshops
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Running Up That Hill
It’s quite a surprise to have  what seems an innate appreciation of an artist (in the general sense of the word) explained by reading some analysis that explains possible reasons behind a latent, unconscious bonding  – or at least have … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged 80s music, cultural references, gender, Kate Bush, pop music, sex, subconscious
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The Power of Dreams?
I’m currently trying to write the part of the novel that follows on from what I submitted at the end of the City course. I’ve approached it in an odd way as I’ve written mainly dialogue for about six different … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Process
Tagged assessment, Certificate in Novel Writing course, dreams, feedback, pizza, subconscious, writing progress
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The Narrative Center
As mentioned in the last post, I just spent a very long weekend in Center Parcs (staying until late Monday afternoon. trying to get most value for money). I’ve been to all the Center Parcs in the country although the … Continue reading
Posted in Plot, Research
Tagged Action Company Challenge, Aerial Adventure, author, BA, Center Parcs, customer service, Disneyland, Elveden, holidays, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, MBA, motivation, narrative, narrator, Penny Lane, planning, Plot, psychology, Research, security, Structure, subconscious, The Economist, Thomson Holidays
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Avalon
I’ve yet again been amazed by how all these weird connections come tumbling out while I’m writing — things I don’t realise until perhaps a day or two afterwards. I don’t know whether the digression into cultural references would make it into … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Process
Tagged 80s music, Avalon, Bryan Ferry, King Arthur, Roxy Music, setting, subconscious, tutorials
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Wenlock and Mandeville — How’s About That Then?
Yesterday London 2012 introduced its two mascots, partly created by Michael Morpugo, who are called Wenlock and Mandeville. They look like metallic teletubbies. Given that our City University group is based right in the centre of London, it’s quite interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged London, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, Olympics, setting, Stoke Mandeville, subconscious
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Penthouse and Pavement
We ran on past our finishing time last night in our workshop — so late that the university building was locked up before Guy and I had our tutorials with Alison. These then took place on an amenable table outside … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Process
Tagged 80s music, Heaven 17, influences, Kim, Penthouse and Pavement, Plot, pubs, subconscious, Thatcherism, tutorials
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‘Sweat Me Garlicky’
We had to take along a published poem (by someone else) to Metroland Poets last night on the theme of ‘Poems to Read Aloud’. There was a very varied and entertaining selection ranging from ballads by Walter Scott to Edwin … Continue reading
