The Adventures of a Blonde Writer
In true Blondewritemore tradition I read an AMAZING self-help book on a train, got very emotional (in the quiet class carriage), got off the train feeling like a changed woman and decided to take a break from blogging. You can’t get more random than this! The book I am blaming is this, The Untethered Soul […]
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Not all fictional narrators are trustworthy. Some have other plans about how a story should be told. These untrustworthy fictional souls use manipulations, omissions and mischief to try and misdirect their reader. Last year I wrote a draft with an unreliable narrator and I had so much literary fun. However, I came to realise that working […]
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You’re busy writing your draft romance novel. Things were going well…until you started getting a nagging thought; there is something very familiar about your new fictional character. You can’t put your finger on it. Why does it feel like you have met them before in another life? The hairs on your neck stand upright and […]
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It started out as the most exhilarating story you had ever written. There was something magical about the premise and the mere thought of the plot made your pulse accelerate. Like a seductive mistress it pulled you into its literary arms and in a whisper told you about all the wonderful places it would whisk […]
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Welcome to the Diary of Roxy Collins – The Serious Relationship Series. Every Thursday you can read Roxy’s latest diary entry. What has happened so far? Roxy, a thirty something, single mother, is currently pregnant with her fourth child to boyfriend, Marcus. She used to work for Marcus. After a drunken kiss over a photocopying machine […]
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A big thanks to Yoda from Star Wars for helping me see what I have been going through recently in my creative life. The quote ‘you have to unlearn what you have learned’ is from The Empire Strikes Back film. It is featured in the scene where Luke Skywalker is training in the ways of The […]
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The story idea that is not meant to be written straightaway is a pesky little devil. It will trick you, the writer, into thinking it is not worth pursuing and will let out a wicked laugh as you shelve the first few pages. As you walk away your naughty little story idea will blow a […]
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Welcome to the Diary of Roxy Collins – The Serious Relationship Series. Every Thursday you can read Roxy’s latest diary entry. What has happened so far? Roxy, a thirty something, single mother, is currently pregnant with her fourth child to boyfriend, Marcus. She used to work for Marcus. After a drunken kiss over a photocopying machine […]
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This week I have become very knowledgeable about the appendix. My youngest daughter had an inflamed appendix and had to be rushed to hospital. Trust me on this, an inflamed appendix can bring you a lot of unexpected life chaos, even if you’re not the one suffering from it. Up until this week I knew […]
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Welcome to the Diary of Roxy Collins – The Serious Relationship Series. Every Thursday you can read Roxy’s latest diary entry. What has happened so far? Roxy, a thirty something, single mother, is currently pregnant with her fourth child to boyfriend, Marcus. They finally got together after a series of communication mishaps and situations fuelled by […]
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