Category: Writing
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2016: A Hipster Odyssey (The End of a Trend)
Read more: 2016: A Hipster Odyssey (The End of a Trend)A last, weary breath of summer cloaks Amsterdam. The September heatwave has even the most zealous sunbathers clinging to their electric fans, and their freezers stuffed with Festini popsicles. Outside, meandering over roads of angry trams and taxi drivers, a lone man braves the weather with utmost determination. His bike lets out a rusty whine…
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If William Shakespeare Got Feedback from Some Guy at a Creative Writing Workshop
Read more: If William Shakespeare Got Feedback from Some Guy at a Creative Writing WorkshopA few weeks ago I came across a great Buzzfeed post from Shannon Reed called “If Jane Austen got feedback from some guy in a writing workshop”, which I genuinely loved. So in honour of the 400th anniversary of his death, I decided to write my own version featuring the paragon of English literature,…
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How to Deal with Writer’s Block: An Attempt at a Semi-Professional Guide
Read more: How to Deal with Writer’s Block: An Attempt at a Semi-Professional GuideNo, this is not an article on how to deal with Writer’s Block’s editorial board. I like to think that is something you don’t need help with. Rather, this is my attempt to provide a guide to beat the condition our magazine was named after, the temporary situation where writers find themselves unable to…
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Are You Really Here, or Are You a Figment of My Imagination: The Poetry of Sarah Chapman
Read more: Are You Really Here, or Are You a Figment of My Imagination: The Poetry of Sarah ChapmanAs a preparation for what most definitely will become an awesome year at the Writer’s Block editorial board, I ventured into some unknown literary territory during the last summer holidays. I never read much poetry, so I decided to finally do something about that and ended up reading an anthology published by the British Black…
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A Literary Guide through Oxford
Read more: A Literary Guide through OxfordNew York is the city that never sleeps. Paris, according to its nickname ‘cité des rêves’ (city of dreams), is the exact opposite and when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. Yet, for those who rather dream with their eyes open and wish they could spend every waking minute in…
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