Daily haiku (x9)
I’ve just got to the Daily haiku part in the BRB (I know, I know, I’m behind…) and I was looking forward to this bit as then I could see if what I’d been doing up to now was completely shit. Well,...
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Interrupted in the most haunted village in Britain
The first TMA is due on Friday and for the first part, we had to write a 200-300 word freewrite. I’ve done that, and now I need to do the second part: Write a 750 story or autobiography based on the...
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TMA 01 sent
Eek, I’ve just sent my TMA. I worked quite hard on it. Well, a lot harder than I did for my TMAs for A174 (Start Writing Fiction), so I’m hoping this will be reflected in the marks. The freewrite...
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Tap tap tap
No, it’s not the sound of me busily typing away. It’s the sound of my fingers drumming on my desk, while I wait (im)patiently for the return of my TMA. I know it’s not even been a week since I sent...
View ArticleGetting behind
I’m a bit behind in the course. I should be starting Chapter 7 (point of view: trying on voices) today, but I only finished Chapter 5 (character creation) yesterday and started on Chapter 6 (setting)...
View ArticleTMA 02 is looming
TMA 02 is looming. I have an extension until 11 January due to reasons of moving house and going on holiday but I’ve only just now picked up the BRB for the first time in about two weeks. I’ve caught...
View ArticleAnother TMA result, another disappointment
The results for TMA3 are in. Oh dear. Ok, so it was poetry. And I’ve never really read any poetry, let alone try to write any. But I liked my poems. My tutor obviously didn’t, even if she did say...
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TMA5 done
TMA5 was sent off yesterday. As usual, I left it until a week before the deadline to even start it. Then panicked and asked for an extension. So, it’s ‘just’ the ECA left now then. Eek. Double-eek as I...
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Open University A363: Advanced Creative Writing
Open University The OU’s Advanced Creative Writing (A363) course ended in May. Or was it June? I can’t remember. Either way, I couldn’t wait for it to end. You may have mistaken the lack of any A363...
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The Ode Less Travelled
We cover poetry in A215 and although that’s not until the New Year, The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry has been recommended by various people on the OU A215 forum. While I was in Cornwall last...
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OU A215 Creative Writing Day School in Tunbridge Wells
I’m a bit late posting this, but I’ve been busy working (shock, horror) and then I’ve been too knackered in the evening to do anything but eat my dinner, watch Eastenders (which I have now given up,...
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