WOW: Don’t Sit in the Woods
Margaret Atwood: “Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the…
WOW: If the Love Fades
Al Kennedy: “Remember you love writing. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it back.” What can you…
WOW: No One Had to Die
Anne Enright: “Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing…
WOW: Murdered Ideas
Roddy Doyle: “Do change your mind. Good ideas are often murdered by better ones. I was working on a novel about a band called the Partitions. Then I decided to…
WOW: One is None
Geoff Dyer: “Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it’s a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I will always choose the…
WOW: Words of Wisdom
I am going to be finding short, pithy statements about writing and sharing them as WOWs. To me, they are an encouraging light in the electricity-out dark. Follow them to…
Monsoon Summer
Multiple rejections story: Mitali Perkins’ book Monsoon Summer was rejected 22 times before it was published.
