Category Archives: How to write

I’ve Got an Idea – A Kiss to Build a Dream On

Posted on 23 May 2007 by

I think I might finally have a clue what I’m going to do with my Script Frenzy. An idea I like that I think would be best dealt with in visual form. I’m not going to go into great deal … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocalypse, Dreams, How to write, Idea, Ideas, Imagination, Jazz, Kiss, Louis Armstrong, Mild Mania, Script Frenzy, Seed, Thoughts, Writer's Block, Writing | 6 Comments

New Ideas – When to begin?

Posted on 24 March 2007 by

So I’ve had an idea. Something that would make a nice little short story, or possibly even the basis of something grander. The idea isn’t what’s important here. What matters is the problem of when to start writing. You see….if … Continue reading →

Posted in How to write, Ideas, Writer's Block | 4 Comments

Fingerprints – Distinctive Writing

Posted on 17 March 2007 by

So, Caveblogem has launched a word stats crusade recently. It’s proving interesting. What’s particularly got me thinking is the attempt to locate words unique to a specific blogger compared to others. Trying to get a kind of pattern of what … Continue reading →

Posted in Character, Characterisation, Dialogue, Experience, Experiment, How to write, Identity, Imagery, Imagination, Personality, Ramble, Thoughts, Writing | 5 Comments

Things Falling Together – Creativity as Reverse Entropy

Posted on 16 March 2007 by

So, this is pretty much a part two of yesterday’s post. So you might want to read that first if you haven’t already.  Today is going to be mostly inspired by Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg The Crying of Lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Chaos, Entropy, How to think, How to write, Imagination, Incoherent, life, Literature, Mild Mania, Optimism, Order, Possibility, Writer's Block, Writing | 3 Comments

Big Blue Troll gone missing.

Posted on 7 February 2007 by

So. I’m at work, and I wasn’t planning on blogging today. I was hoping to write a couple of thousand words on the old novel. That’s right…I’ve finally had the burst of ideas I’ve been waiting for and I’m ready … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Action Films, Apocalypse, Frost Troll, How to write, I am an Artist, Idiot, Literature, Nanowrimo, Novel, Ramble, Storytelling, Strange, Swings and Roundabouts, Vikings, Weird, Writer's Block, Writing | 3 Comments

A Quantum Awakening – Scroedinger’s Vikings

Posted on 20 January 2007 by

Random research sometimes yields better results than anything specific. Following a link  on an article about the iPhone (current wordpress number one) led me to Schroedinger’s cat, which I’ve known about for years. Anyway, I looked at the related links … Continue reading →

Posted in Being a 'writer', Big Brother, Creativity, Feeling Rough, Geekery, How to write, Internet, Investigation, Learning, Mild Mania, Nanowrimo, Novel, Quantum Physics, Science, Swings and Roundabouts, Thoughts, Vikings, Wikipedia, Writer's Block | 7 Comments

Who’s reality is it anyway? – The Case of the Missing America (and the damn lies)

Posted on 2 January 2007 by

So, this could be long, and it might actually even be a two parter, as I want to get back to Brighton soon. Unfortunately I want to start writing now. I had a wonderful new year…including Ska and Mountains and … Continue reading →

Posted in America, Anachronisms, Apathetic Fallacy, Art, Critique, Culture, Curioisity, Damn Lies, Debate, Education, Everything, Film, High School, History, How to write, Identity, Incoherent, Lies, life, Literature, Lovely Strangers, Media, Mild Mania, Nonsense, Observations, Perception, Possible Lies, Ramble, Reality, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Swings and Roundabouts | 5 Comments

All these thoughts…..

Posted on 13 December 2006 by

So, this is going to be a bit scatty even by my standards. Loads of stuff keeps on flying through my mind the last few days…I’m just going to jot some bits and pieces down to keep the desperate howling … Continue reading →

Posted in Abnormality, Accordians, Apocalypse, Art, Artistry, Being a 'writer', Blogging, boredom, Breakcore, Brighton, Creativity, Culture, Debate, Diary?, Environment, Everything, Evolution, Experiment, Fun, How to write, I am an Artist, I'm a Hippy, Incoherent, Learning, Literature, Mild Mania, Mood swings, Motivation, Music, Nonsense, Novel, Observations, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Sahil, Sci-Fi, Science, Short Stories, Silliness, Stupid, Subversion, Swings and Roundabouts, Things that make me Smile, Time Bomb, Uncategorized, Weird, Weirdness, Werid, Writer's Block, Writing | 5 Comments

Nanowrimo – Join the Club, Write a Crap Novel (or if you’re Lucky a Good One)

Posted on 25 October 2006 by

So, I’m guessing that most of you will have heard of this already. But for those who haven’t, I think I’m going to try and force myself back in to writing by doing the ridiculous and attempting the not quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Being a 'writer', Fantasy, How to write, Literature, Nanowrimo, Personal, Silliness, Writer's Block, Writing | 13 Comments

Why I (don’t) Write – Is not writing always writer’s block or is it sometimes just not being a writer

Posted on 22 October 2006 by

So, here goes. The big confession that just about everyone makes. I want to be a writer. Whilst growing up i always told people that I wanted to be a writer, and I love writing, and all that kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Being a 'writer', How to write, Personal, Writer's Block, Writing | 18 Comments