Category: Writing
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The Heart of a Writer
Read more: The Heart of a WriterLast summer, two things happened. Firstly, one of my all-time favourite childhood heroes, Satoru Iwata, the CEO of Nintendo, passed away. As a gamer and an enormous Nintendo fan, I mourn his death, and with me many others. Across various social media, one of Iwata’s most famous quotes was posted over and over again: “On…
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The Technicalities of Creative Writing, Part 1: Narrative Modes
Read more: The Technicalities of Creative Writing, Part 1: Narrative ModesThere is another side to Creative Writing, one that has less to do with inspiration and letting your imagination run free on paper, but which involves a lot of eliminating, evaluating, repositioning, and table flipping. This less romantic, technical side is still an important -and rather interesting- part of the creative process, because it…
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Why writing poetry is better than going to the gym
Read more: Why writing poetry is better than going to the gymRead on to the end for an additional exercise! You haven’t been to the loo yet (the loo, loo, if you know what I mean) and feel your stomach going up and down and making loud noises and you’re all clogged up inside and have to stop running after 5 minutes for fear of exploding.…
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