Category: Writing together with Joined Up Writers
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Notes from the pandemic
During lockdown the Joined Up Writers have not been idle. Quite the contrary: as soon as we became confined to our own homes we found a way to work together online through the video platform Zoom. Here are six things we’ve learned from gathering together each week since the beginning of April. It’s really quiet…
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What’s in a name?
Cornish speakers may spot the significance of the novel’s name, Trevow. How does an author decide what to call their work? Some people start with a title in mind. Others hold on until they have finished a draft before the title comes to them. In our case, with multiple authors all with ideas of our…
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Chapter 3: an experiment with WhatsApp
The Joined Up Writers are delighted to share Chapter 3 of our community novel, in which we meet a new character, Valerie, later in the evening on the day of the fair. Valerie has come to the village to house hunt but has found herself tangled up in the strange and tragic events of the…
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Read the Prologue and Chapter 1
Here it is. After months of planning, drafting and re-writing, we are delighted to share the Prologue to our as yet un-named novel, and Chapter 1. Chapter 2 is nearly ready and we will share that in the next few weeks. We would love to hear your comments. At the foot of each page you…
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Let the re-writing begin!
No one should ever expect to write a story just once; it takes many drafts. This is where we are with the community novel which we began work on almost a year ago.
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A letter to the digital age
Dear Digital Age I can remember a time before you, when there was one typewriter in the office and we booked time on it, when I saw my first fax being received in an editorial office and thought ‘this will speed things up’, when I arrived on my first day at a new job as…
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First steps to a community novel
I spoke to author Jen Alexander in early August; we were talking about writing groups, the pros and cons of running them and the magic that can happen when a group of people gather to write in the same room. Jen put it beautifully when she said ‘As soon as people sit down around the…
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