How I Write
Working practices described by writers.
Tearing Up The Synopsis
I know two kinds of writer: there are the ones who like to plan everything very carefully, maybe even writing little personality profiles for their characters on postcards and sticking flow-chart plot diagrams on their wall; and then there are those who reckon the whole point of writing is making it up as you go [...]
Writing Or Rather Not
The sad truth is I don’t write that much, or, at least nothing like as much as I’d like. What I do is spend an awful lot of time doing things around writing. Mostly this involves publicity, events and editing of stories for One Eye Grey (the 21st century penny dreadful I publish). Then there [...]
Lyric Writing
More often than not writing lyrics is a very difficult process for me. The music side of song writing usually comes fairly easily – often too easily. I’m sometimes woken up because I need to hum the soundtrack to my dream into my trusty dictaphone. This is the process I usually go through: • I [...]
Smitten By The Art
My experience of writing has been so various that it seems difficult to abstract generalities about the process which may then apply across all genres – from the attempt at snapshot poetic insight, say, to the aim of chronicling centuries. But here follow a few sketchy observations on the making of a text, as viewed [...]
The Need For Arbitrary Constraints
I’ve given myself the time it takes to drink an Asahi Tall Boy to write this essay. Arbitrary constraints are important. Why are they important? Cause without arbitrary constraints I’d get nothing done. Nothing. I am a lazy summofa bitch and without a deadline or social pressure, I end up excelling in the art of [...]
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