Jonathan Cosgrove

Category: Writing

  • What are you adding to the conversation?

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    Is writing anything in this day and age stupid? As I’m working through my current WIP and working on shorter things I’m plagued by this question: What’s the point really? It feels like every day there’s a new piece of bad news. It feels like every day another writer (usually, but not always, a white…

  • 61 Days – Have I learned anything?

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    A small check in to say that I’ve just hit 40k words on my longer project -OPERATION MEZZANINE. I’ve been aiming to write 300 words every day as a very small and manageable goal to keep me sane as I work from home Monday to Friday. But, roughly, I’ve managed about 655 words a day…

  • Take it away, George…

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    I’ve started two or three lengthy blog pieces in the last week or so and have gotten nowhere. Well, I’ve written a heap of words but haven’t been able to wrangle them into something readable… So, today, instead of trying and failing again, here’s one of my favourite writers George Saunders elucidating upon the subject…

  • My Daaaark Place

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    This has just been sitting on my computer for too long and I can’t think of a witty title. But, yeah, Garth Marenghi is right. Things aren’t ideal and yet… Also, they should totally release Garth Marenghi books. I desperately want to read Black Fang… Just popped over to Goodreads and he actually has a…

  • In-Sentence Suspense

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    This is from the first exercise Matt Bell has posted on his “Writing Exercises” emails about creating an “in-sentence” suspension. To briefly, and poorly, explain it’s about creating a simple sentence and then delaying the ending by using prepositions but you can also use a whole slew of other techniques. I realise I’m not explaining…