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Vent gas to avoid nuclear explosion

Writing The Long Way Around

Yes. It is indeed a Simpson’s reference. The parallel is of course that if I don’t vent some frustration I am going to explode! AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH! If I was ten years younger I would go out get drunk and sleep with somebody inappropriate just to jerk myself back down to earth. Or move house/town.  Being ten years older my options are knitting, making soup and freezing it in handy portion size containers or properly filing my tax returns.  I suppose I could go for a run. Good grief. And shit; I can’t even knit. Note to self, learn knitting. Continue reading Vent gas to avoid nuclear explosion

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Life Writing Class Exercise: Week Eight

Writing The Long Way Around

David Bishop set us an exercise this week that is apparently completed by all BBC script editors…the Hoover Dam Exercise We spent around 50 minutes watching a documentary about the Hoover Dam with actors in all the main roles.  David asked us to take notes and look for stories.  He then split us into groups of three and our task was to choose one of the stories and map out a structure in five acts.  If you are writing novels, you mainly work alone.  But if your interest lies in writing for TV, film or radio then the chances are that you have to work … Continue reading Life Writing Class Exercise: Week Eight