Jags Arthurson
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All things writing. Crime fiction author. Developmental editor. Writing coach. Guest blogger everywhere. Helping writers write! NO DMs!
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Do you call yourself 'a writer', 'an author', 'a novelist' or the like?
What are the criteria?
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As a writer, do you think it's OK to write 'out'?
So can white people write black characters or vice versa? Straight writers, write gay character? Men write as women?
Not at all? One way (Gay can write straight, but not vice versa)? Either way?
Why?
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Why is it, in films, that when a person on foot is being chased by somebody in a vehicle - say, through a forest - they ALWAYS run straight down the middle of the road?
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What was the best thing before they invented sliced bread?
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Writers
Do you make up new words or repurpose old ones?
I love doing it but is it all right?
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I feel GREAT!
My last novel is written first person female
Just had a woman contact me asking how I had managed to nail the female PoV so well!
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It's a REAL pity but I have decided I can no longer read books slated as "The first in a series"
I am TOTALLY PISSED OFF with reading a whole book only to discover that there is no ending and lose ends have not been tied up because it's the first in a SERIAL
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@OhHowByronic
@SundownersBook
The best thing you can give anybody you love is your time
Take her out, buy her a nice meal, take her to a show, take some selfies
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@Artemisapphire
👏
US has main 3 games: Colonial rugby, colonial netball and colonial rounders
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Big question
I'm 81
When am I going to hit this 'midlife crisis' I've been promised?
I'm really looking forward to the sports car and the dolly birds
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@AustinJ_P_
The fame of the author
The Cormoran Strike books were written under the pen name Robert Galbraith. They were not great and not selling
Suddenly it was 'accidently' revealed that the author was J K Rowling ... and suddenly they started flying off the shelf
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2 followers short of 10k
Any bets that I get them and immediately lose about 10?
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@TheBMA
Your ability to take safe but effective action trumps patients' needs for treatment?
I think if you are a doctor and care so little for patient welfare that you are prepared to strike then maybe you are in the wrong profession
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Wow, just logged on for the first time today and find I've lost about 200 followers
Is it something I said?
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@PaulRMonarch
I really dislike the term 'pantser'
I prefer 'architects' and 'gardeners'
The 'architect' knows absolutely everything before the first brick is laid
The 'gardener' thinks in broad sweeps, generalisations and themes ... but still has an overall scheme in his head
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@AustinJ_P_
I wrote one novel almost exclusively while flying around the world
I always tell ppl who claim they haven't got time to do a time audit
How much time do you spend watching TV, on soc-med, travelling (not driving!), waiting?
If you REALLY want to write, divert some of that time
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@AdrianKenraf
The opening line could sell this book
The closing line could sell the next book
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@timmckay52
Anyways is not a word
Toward is US. Towards is the rest of English speaking world
Forward is an adverb and adjective, a verb and a noun. Forwards is archaic adverb
Backward/backwards is same as toward/towards
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Spoke to my grandson over Halloween & how we used to carve pumpkins when he was tiny
Last night he arrived at my door with 2 pumpkins and we carved them and made soup
Then he drove 200 miles home because he's on duty today (Junior doctor)
I definitely misted up
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@sirensthestory
I can tell you (because I've done it) that it takes 40 to 80 hours to copyedit
How much would you want to earn for 1 to 2.5 weeks work?
That's why copyediting is so expensive
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Why do people struggle with the word 'nuclear'?
Even science reporters regularly say, "new-killer"
Where does the extra syllable come from?
It's 'NEW CLEAR'!
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Name something that happens in movies that never happen in real life
I'll start:
Every car bleeps when the doors lock
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Come writers, 'fes up...
How bad does the language get in your works?
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Here's my dilemma
In 1985 I bought a wreck of a house on a huge plot
Since then we've developed into our dream 'mansion'
At 81 it may be time to move on
But any new owner will demolish and build 6 houses
Should I be pleased we'll be the only ones ever to enjoy it
Or sad?
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@MrDOThompson
I started school aged 5 in 1947
In 1968 I saw the teacher on a London railway station
I went to introduce myself and she immediately called me by my name!!!
(Was I THAT bad?)
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Writers: When you do your edits/rewrites do you concentrate on different 'issues' with each pass or do you go for everything, all at once?
I do:
1st pass, story arc, plot flaws/holes, etc
2nd pass, writing flaws (Telling not showing, head-ops, etc)
... and so on
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The AA has warned that anyone travelling in icy conditions should take a shovel, blankets, extra clothes, 24 hour supply of food and drink, de-icer, torch, petrol can, first aid kit and jump leads
I felt like a right idiot on the bus
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@AuthorTRobare
If a writer cannot write a character they are not, their stories will decidedly two-dimensional
Men can't write women
Straight can't write gay
Black can't write white
Innocent can't write guilty
Human can't write alien
Civilian can't write military
etc, etc, etc
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Final draft
95, 937 words
Now for editors and 'gamma'-readers!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
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Am I alone to be annoyed when people say 'kil-OM- eaters' instead (correctly) kilo-metres?
Or should I start saying 'kil-OG -rums'?
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"I don’t usually tell anyone; it’s not easy to drop into conversation. “Nice weather for the time of year and by the way I’m a psychopath.” Doesn’t work, does it?"
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Join (or even start) a writers' group
Writing is a lonely occupation and just getting in a local cafe or bar with a small group of likeminded people to discuss one's woes and exchange comments on WIP, etc is wonderful
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Authors: I am getting heartily PISSED OFF with reading books that claim to be 'the first in a series' only to find out they are the first in a SERIAL
I review every book I read and I always give 1* to these because, no matter how good they are THEY ARE CONS!
Please don't do it
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Writers (and agents). How rigidly do you stick to the 25%-50%-25% story arc?
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The manager of my local Ikea is retiring so we bought him a cake
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My wife's car has just sent me a text to say that she has forgotten to lock up
Crazy
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I bought a roll of bubble wrap and asked the wife where I should out it
She said, "Just pop it over the corner."
So that was my afternoon ...
... what about yours?
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Lunch today: Asparagus 3 minutes from the garden, poached eggs laid this morning, butter from farm one mile away, shavings of local (Sussex) 'parmesan' cheese and hot homemade bread
Utter luxury
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Just finished 4th draft
Down from about 140k in 1st to 97k
Now I need to Gantt the timescales (it's over several years and event critical) and it's ready for submission!!!
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@wendyparciak
Absolutely they do
Many 'authors' are just famous (and rich) people who are approached by publishers
My son knows a 'famous person' who was supposed to have written a book. She asked him if he'd read it. He replied, "No, have you?"
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To all my Twitter friends
My latest novel is now available to buy on Amazon
BUT
For the weekend of 13-14 May you can download it FREE for Kindle with my compliments:
I hope you enjoy it. (If you do, I'd love a review on Amazon)
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Would it be a conspiracy theory to suggest that China is pumping money into Russia, Iran (& therefore Palestine, Hezbollah, Yemen, etc)
Once democratic countries are spread thinly enough, will then walk into Taiwan
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Just a thought:
If dentists make a living from people with unhealthy teeth, why would I want to use a toothpaste recommended by 4 out of 5 dentists?
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@Maximumatheist
Jehovah's witness came to my door and tried to convert me
Me: "How many JWs does Bible say will enter the Kingdom of Heaven"?
JW: 144,000
Me: How many JWs in the world?
JW: 9 million
Me: Sorry, mate, but the standby list is a bit too long for me
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Teaching bird killers to kill more birds
😽😍This electric hummingbird cat toy can be stationary or handheld. Help your cat stay happy when home alone. ❤️
🛒Get yours👉
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Can somebody explain to me: what is the point of the church? (Anglican, Catholic, whatever)
What's it FOR?
What does it achieve?
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Today I'm finally biting the bullet and throwing about £1,000 of immaculate textbooks and reference books into recycling
PMP, Prince2, SSADM, DSDM, BABOK, CRAMM, risk mgt, BA, etc, etc
Going to break my heart. 40 years of my life
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My friend's wife disputes that I can read several books (up to about 10) 'simultaneously'. "It would not be possible to keep track of all the characters and plots"
This from a woman who watches East Enders, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks &, as far as I know, many more
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Is it just me?
When a TV reporter is standing on the sea wall, reporting on a storm, am I the only one who REALLY wants a stonking great wave to break over the wall and absolutely drench them?
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@JanMiklas01
If they don't care about the old woman it's "and"
If they are trying or expecting to get some sort of reaction, it's a "but"
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Now that free speech is a crime in Scotland, will we see Scottish plods raiding south of the border to arrest English people who write hurty tweets that can be read in Scotland?
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Does anybody have any thoughts on whether there's a better or worse time of the year to submit to agents?
When do they get the most submissions? When the do they get the least?
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@csmfiction
I prefer 'Architects and Gardeners'
An architect will know the position of the doorbell before the first brick is laid
A gardener will think in terms of sweeps of colour, changes in textures, heights and positions
But a gardener is prepared to prune and transplant
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Off to Hove Library this afternoon for the monthly meeting of the Phoenix Writers' Group
Brilliant people, brilliant conversations, brilliant stories
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@Wisteraverse
The problem is defining 'stupid'
As a research scientist I worked with lots of PhDs whom I wouldn't have trusted to run a bath
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@brclothwrites
Never (even if I totally disagree with them)
But I might be tempted to boycott anybody that did boycott them
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All you cat lovers out there
One of my neighbour's cats ALWAYS walks around with a feather in its mouth (not always the same feather)
Is that normal?
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I was approaching 10k followers
Then, about a month ago, I went through and culled about 500 Chinese bot followers
And I lost about 1,000 followers
Nearly up to 9K now
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Today a young woman told I looked hot
OK, we were in the sauna but at my age I'll take whatever I can get
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@AustinJ_P_
I LOATHE typos
I use spellcheckers, Grammarly, numerous beta-readers and editors before I'll publish
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Watching
#Loverat
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#Channel5
#SallyLindsay
arrives in Cyprus with one tiny bag. By the end of one hour she has already worn about 8 completely different outfits
I wish I could pack like that
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Went to the gym this afternoon
Good news and bad
Boditrax machine gives my metabolic age as 60. I'm 81 so I guess I should be overjoyed but it's the first time it's been out of the 50s
Then I set a PB (for the year) of 26 min 11 seconds for 5K on the treadmill
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@sandywaterfalls
Whether 'tis nobler on the plate to suffer
The sticky fingers of outrageously hot sauce,
Or to take tortillas by handfuls
And by masticating end them.
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@SarahKateIshii
But the vast majority of selfpub authors are selfpub because they can't get published by tradpub
So $500 on selfpub
Or $0 on tradpub
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I'm know I'm attracting abuse for this but will somebody explain why there's a "Women Against State Pension Inequality" when it was men who were always disadvantaged and the complaints are that women got equality with men
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@DavidKonrad24
Not at first but if I find myself deep into a book with reams of exposition and pointless prose I find myself speedreading, then skip-reading, then just skipping
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How come I get dozens of new followers every day (36 today) but the number of followers shown on my profile only goes up by about 10?
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Stupid snowflake on
@JeremyVineOn5
listing the trials and tribulations suffered by the young. First item on her list: "They missed out on their proms"
Words fail me, they really do
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Language!
I find it somewhat strange that the English will be required to call the Brecon Beacons by the Welsh name: Bannau Brycheiniog
But the Welsh are still free to call England Lloegr
Bit one-sided
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More stabbings
My granddad bought me a knife for my 7th birthday
Every boy I knew carried one
We used them in class to sharpen pencils
Nobody thought of using them as a weapon
What has changed in UK (mainly London) in last 60 years?
Answers to Sadiq Khan, please
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The wife is settled in to watch the women's football ...
... so I'm just going to start vacuuming around her feet
That'll learn her
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#Cop28Dubai
Loss and damage fund for reparations
If rich countries cough up billions for climate damage to third world countries, how much will end up repairing climate damage in third world countries...
...and how much will end up in the Swiss bank accounts of their leaders
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Just been to the gym
Young woman, in low-cut top displaying her ample assets as she practised her advanced yoga
It all went well until she did a handstand against the wall
Gentleman that I am, I turned away
How many brownie points did I earn for that?
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@TeaRoseRock
Dear forward-parking drivers: I don't hate you (much) but I do seethe when you reverse out of the parking space without looking (because you've parked so that you can't) and nearly take the front off my car. I WILL honk.
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@ameliagrimes89
If ppl don't like you tweeting about writing they can always unfollow you
Me? I just followed you
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@KT_Carlisle
Awful writing: head-hopping, plot holes, 2D non-sympathetic characters
And all the 'goodies' were heartstoppingly handsome/beautiful/intelligent/fit, etc
AND NOTHING HAPPENED!!!!
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#writerscommunity
Who would be the worst opponent ...
The man with nothing to lose or ...
The man with everything to lose?
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I don't get
@BBCNews
Again, they are reporting about deaths in Palestine "including many women (and children)"
As if the death of any woman is more significant than the death of innocent men
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The SM platform formerly known as Twitter is ludicrous
I get a lot of followers in one day but when I try to follow them back I get the message 'You are unable to follow more at this time' as if were some sort of troll
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Come on fellow writers, give Sheena a follow
@JagsArthurson
I’m still trying to get up to 36 followers period 🤣 my account is only a few days old though. Slow and steady apparently lol
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Just off to my writers' group at Hove Library so I am looking forward to an enjoyable morning
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