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How do you deal with feedback that feels wrong?
How to take what you need and leave the rest.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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Why genre hopping is good for you as a writer
Variety makes you a better writer, even though agents and publishers want you to specialise.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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June 2024

How failure creates the foundations for success
Even if we don't necessarily realise that at the time.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
Writer’s block is not a myth
It might be a messy, complicated thing with a variety of causes and potential solutions, but it absolutely does exist.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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May 2024

Reincorporation: The art of looking back when you can’t move forward
How Shaun of the Dead, Ted Lasso and Cabin Pressure use callbacks and repetition to create gags, move the plot forward and develop characters.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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The four causes of writer’s block and what to do about them
What does science have to tell us about writer's block?
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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Grist: Creating characters with personality
Using personality analysis to create well-crafted characters.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
Resisting the lure of research
And learning how to transition from research to pre-writing to writing.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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April 2024

What to do when your mind is blank
This week’s newsletter brought to you by the letter S, for stubbornness.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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The most beautiful word in the world is ‘No’
You should probably say it to yourself more often.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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March 2024

Catch up with Dr Dean Burnett in conversation
Dean talked about how he started his writing career, how his first book came about, how he came to meet Whoopi Goldberg, and more!
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Suw Charman-Anderson
What is Grist?
Hone your observational skills and fire up your imagination.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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