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Category: How to Write

Writing Lesson
How to Write Posted on1st March 20212nd March 2021

My Writing Process

Stand at the typewriter and bleed, said Mr Hemingway. There’s nothing else to the writing process, right? If only it was that simple really. This […] Read More

Writing Ideas
How to Write, Inspiration Posted on11th November 20208th February 2021

Where do writers get their ideas?

This is a question that comes up a lot. It’s almost a reflex question following a writer’s answer to “What do you do?“. It’s a […] Read More

How to Write Posted on7th September 202025th February 2021

Writer’s Block – Getting Unstuck

You are stuck. Everything has been planned and worked out. You know where the story should be heading, but nothing is happening. Your characters won’t […] Read More

Writing an Introduction
How to Write Posted on31st August 202031st August 2020

How to Write an Introduction

Okay, you’re stuck. The essay is due and you are helplessly stuck. You don’t even know how to start. There’s nothing but you and the […] Read More

Starting something new
How to Write, Inspiration, Writing, Writing Journal Posted on13th July 202014th July 2020

On Starting a New Novel

Starting a fresh new project can be daunting and scary and challenging and exciting and a few other things. Having completed my re-re-re-rewrite of my […] Read More

What Writers can Learn from Umbrella Academy
How to Write, Series Reviews Posted on8th March 20198th March 2019

What Writers Can Learn from the Umbrella Academy

Each of the characters in Umbrella Academy is lonely in some way. Each of them fights an internal conflict. The reasons for their isolation and the reasons for their internal conflict are linked to the various mysteries in the series.

NaNoWriMo 2018
How to Write, NaNoWriMo Posted on16th November 20182nd November 2020

Making the Most of NaNoWriMo

Learning from the Challenge NaNoWriMo is at its halfway mark! This 50,000-word novel writing challenge can be a tricky thing to beat. I’m not here […] Read More

Rewriting and asking for help
How to Write, Writing Journal Posted on20th August 2018

Symphony and the Benefits of Rewriting

Many, many, many drafts The Silent Symphony is progressing well. I’ve just finished rewriting Chapter 24 of 33, and I believe that I am on […] Read More

Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
How to Write Posted on8th August 201817th March 2020

How to use Latin (Part 3)

Latin words and phrases in English writing – the final round This time we look at some slightly unusual Latin terms. They might not be […] Read More

Using Latin
How to Write Posted on6th August 20186th August 2018

How to use Latin (Part 2)

More Latin words and phrases in English Writing Welcome to Part 2, where we discuss more Latin words and phrases you might encounter (or need […] Read More

How to use Latin
How to Write Posted on31st July 20186th September 2018

How to use Latin (Part 1)

Latin words and phrases in English writing. There are many Latin words and phrases floating around in everyday prose and academic writing. Understanding what they […] Read More

Cruel and Unusual Punctuation, How to Write Posted on23rd July 201823rd July 2018

How to use a Semicolon

More than a wink The semicolon is a stifling little piece of punctuation. In fact, it makes some of us uncomfortable. If you’ve only used the […] Read More

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Gods and Mythology
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl (1646), by François Perrier
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
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Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Silo_(attr)_-_A_seascape_with_Tall_ships.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VanGogh-starry_night_ballance1.jpg
Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
The Zaparozhye Cossacks Writing a Mocking Letter to the Turkish Sultan *oil on canvas *358 × 203 cm *signed b.c.: И.Репин 1880-91
The Zaparozhye Cossacks Writing a Mocking Letter to the Turkish Sultan *oil on canvas *358 × 203 cm *signed b.c.: И.Репин 1880-91
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http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436105
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The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
By Johannes Vermeer - Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
By Johannes Vermeer – Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [Public Domain]
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
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Starting something new
By J. M. W. Turner – The Athenaeum (http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=20906), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1511781
after Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, late 16th century (1533-1534)
after Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, late 16th century (1533-1534)
Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
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Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Lies of Locke Lamora Cover
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
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heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
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Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
By Giovanni Battista Quadrone – Il Giro del Mondo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45676144
Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
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Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884)
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884) from WikiMedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg
How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)

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