We are all social, in the end
As I ready myself for the upcoming Norwegian Christmas, which they celebrate on the 24th. This is great for me, as I get two Christmas dinners. But I have been having a struggle for a while, procrastination is one word for it, another is phrase we use is writers block.…
The world of writing advice is vast, contradictory, and often delivered with the breezy confidence of someone explaining how to assemble flat-pack furniture armed only with optimism, a blunt spoon, and an IKEA instruction manual. One author will insist you must outline every chapter in advance, preferably colour-coded. Another will…
Somewhere along the line, new writers were sold a spectacularly unhelpful lie: the idea that a first draft should emerge fully formed, like a flawless literary diamond sparkling with genius and smelling faintly of accomplishment. According to this myth, you sit down, flex your fingers, and poof! out pours a…
