Read this on galpod.com. In art, it's always about fear. If you're comfortable with what you're writing, you're probably not digging deep enough. I've been editing my first novel, Labour Pains (it's a working title, I'm still debating). I've been editing it for a good two years now, on and off. I took a course in winter 2019 that was supposed to get me through the editing process, and it certainly improved the manuscript, but it wasn't enough. I even asked my creative writing

Read this on galpod.com. Last week on our amazing writers' group, we talked about our inner editor. I've shared this exercise that changed my relationship with my inner editor. The idea is to make a character out of your inner editor, to get to know her. My inner editor's name is Rebecca. She has long blonde hair tied in a bun, and black-rimmed glasses perching on her beak-like nose, hiding her piercing deep brown eyes. She always wears a skirt suit, high heels, and perfect m

Read this on galpod.com. I'm reading Moby Dick this term. I'm lucky enough to be able to participate in a study run by the London Lit Salon, which is awesome, by the way. It's a part of my unofficial quest to read everything, or at least, to read the classics, "must-reads" of English literature. I read terribly slowly, mostly because English is not my first language but also probably because I can't skip words or sections. I know a lot of people who skip sections of the book

Read this on galpod.com. Over the last couple of months, I've been taking a course at my favourite adult education institution, City Lit. The course was about editing your manuscript, and I took it because I thought it would help me edit my first novel, Labour Pains. Generally, it was a good course. Dr Healy is incredibly knowledgeable and has so many tricks up her sleeve that one of my favourite moments of the day has become her warm-up writing exercises. I learned a lot. Bu