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An Epiphany on the road to Damascus
Learning what writing and the imagination means to me through the fiction of Philip Pullman.
How long is a chapter?
Long chapters or short chapters – which is best?
Progress
Despite having worked on hardly anything else this year, I have embarked on yet another draft of Novel 6. I just couldn’t stop myself. It was that new idea for the first three chapters that I mentioned in my last post. That inner-editor of mine just wouldn’t let it go, especially as the only reasonContinue reading “Progress”
How long does it take to write a novel?
How long does it take to write a novel, and when is it finished?
A Sneaky Christmas Gift
A Christmas gift to my readers – an extract from my latest work in progress.
Christmas in Fiction
Celebrating Christmas in fiction
Dates in Fiction
Today is 12th October. On this day in history, the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 632 led to the death of Edwin of Deira, the first Christian king of Northumbria. It was also the birthdate of Edward VI, the son that Henry VIII hoped would save the Tudor dynasty. In 1979, it was the publicationContinue reading “Dates in Fiction”
The Hardest Job
Rewriting Novel Number 6 before the Beta Readers have even started it!
Fictional Geographies and Imagined Architecture
As I mentioned in my last blog, my reward to myself for finishing the second draft of Novel 6 was reading some fiction by other people. This was my first opportunity to read Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry. He is a writer I admire immensely and this novel was just amazing, a perfect exampleContinue reading “Fictional Geographies and Imagined Architecture”
M J Schofield 