Category: rewrites
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Road to Nowhere
Where to from here? The song ‘Road To Nowhere’ is running through my head today. I can officially call myself a graduate, with a Masters in Creative Writing. Hoorah…whoop whoop! Yeah about that… So, I’ve written a manuscript that has subsequently been torn to shreds and used for fire-starters. Well that…
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Hibernation and Final Grades
It’s been a snowy, frosty, nippy old week here in Te Wai Pounamu. So cold, yet so beautiful. I’ve been moved to tears by the stark white snow against native evergreens (who stand tall regardless), or the blood orange sun rising over icy waters, and the crackle of frost underfoot. Each morning my fingers take up…
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Feedback and Rewrites
Yep, you heard right. I’ve received feedback on (some) of ‘The Novel’. Yeeaaahhh! Full, honest, comprehensive feedback. The thing which has eluded me in my quest to get on with fully editing ‘The Novel’. That is to say, I’m still waiting on ‘The Thesis Results and Feedback’ (a touch of bitterness perhaps?) but…
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And remember to breathe…
Yes…well…I signed off social media in order to begin my re-write of ‘The Novel’. And I did do a major chunk. Truly, I did. And then I stopped. Why? Because the intensity of such a close relationship called for some time out. Then, I got creative in other ways. Being a bit of an…
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Return to my Queen
I have returned to my Queen (aka) ‘The Novel’. She, who I gently placed aside last year, upon submission for examination. There are quite a lot of metaphors I could take from this sentence. Cultural-social-political metaphors. But let’s not go there today. I’ll endeavour to keep things light, in this world which…
Iona Winter 