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Diary of a Writer
People are fascinated with the idea of writing. So many people say, 'I want to write a novel,' but so few actually know what's entailed. The Diary of a Writer is an inside look at the life of a full-time writer, who's been writing for over a decade and actively publishing stories over that time. Messy, chaotic, vulnerable and exhausting, the Diary of a Writer should not be read by the feint hearted.
Ink will be spilt; fingers shall crack; pages will go missing.
Episodes
12 episodes
Tortured Souls
Creators are by nature tortured souls. It seems almost a pre-requisite to enter the field, and as such, we have a habit of losing a lot of creative souls much sooner than we should. How then do we save ourselves from following a similar journey...
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6:16
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Original Ideas
Most of the time our original ideas are our best ideas, but not always is every part of ourselves on board with that notion. So, instead of creating a smooth sailing process, we create a few hiccups for ourselves by deviating off our original i...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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2:50
Flow
Very few get chosen to live an authentic creative life that allows the creative juices to flow as they need, which is really sad because creativity is all about flow. It doesn't care about structure or deadlines, inspiration can and will hit at...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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4:55
Time Spans
The power of time has a great impact on all our lives and it should be no different to our characters. One of the worst ways one can degrade a story, is to put too much in too short of a time frame. Their needs to be space for growth and recove...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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3:58
Creative Outlets
One thing I've learnt this year, is that writers should have other creative outlets. I have a habit of getting a lot done over a short period of time with my writing, but that's always created burn out and these periods of lull. What I've learn...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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4:31
Not For Sale
Writers are asked to promote their work in this day and age. It's just become the norm to have to meet that requirement, even though, no one has probably stopped to think how ridiculous that is considering the different calibre one must be to h...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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9:03
Intuition
Despite all the guidebooks out there telling people how to write, one’s intuition is always going to be their best director. That internal compass will help you through every part of the writing journey, so it's worth learning how to harness it...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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7:18
Falling From Cloud Nine
There's a lot of highs and lows when it comes to writing a novel. The highs give one a sense they're floating on cloud nine, the lows ... well, they’ll knock you right on your arse. And like a lot of cloud nine's, there's no knowing when you'll...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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4:15
The Waiting Game
They say you should let your story rest before you go back and edit it, but like all things when it comes to writing a novel, there are exceptions.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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2:27
A Typical Writer's Day
Some writers would be ecstatic about having written over five-thousand words in one day. But not this writer. Nope, she is already disappointed at the end of her typical writer's day because she knows despite having made such an achievement it'...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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6:15
The Trouble With Outlining
People out there will tell you to outline a novel, some will even try and make a buck or two from teaching you how. The thing that no one talks about though, is how your outline will change, how outlining a novel doesn't necessarily make the wr...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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9:50
The Black Leather Jacket
We writers are a unique bunch. Our worries and our head banging activities do not stem from what the norm worry and hurt their heads over. We also don't worry about the skill of writing as much as people probably think. Our minds are usually pu...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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4:40