HeyJaredVictoria MacKenzie
I'm a writer and creative writing tutor living on the east coast of Scotland.
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What is Style? (opens the original)
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This post is for paid Substack subscribers only. If you would like join us on Saturday 3rd October at 10am -12noon (BST) for a workshop on ‘What is Style?’ then please update your subscription (£4 per month or £40 per year) and bask in my gratitude.In this workshop we’ll look a few excerpts from fiction, including Rebecca Perry, Colm Tóibín, Alan Warner, Annie Proulx, Marilynne Robinson and PG Wodehouse. We’ll use these excerpts as a launchpad for considering what style is, whether you can culti
How to Be Fearless (opens the original)
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September - the season of reading lists and stiff lever-arch files. A time when many of us start new projects, or pick up old ones with fresh enthusiasm, perhaps responding to the stirring in the atmosphere, as the earth’s tilt takes us away from the sun and a little freshness enters the air. It’s been a long time since I was bound to academic term date… Read more
Short Story Judging, Two Great Novels, My Guided Book Group (opens the original)
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August. I’m feeling drowsy and fit for very little except reading, dipping my feet into the sea, and dreaming about all the books I’ll write one day, but which I’m putting off for today. Instead I shall enjoy the swifts screaming overhead, eat the last of the broad bean harvest (as hummus on fresh bread), and catch up with friends over a pleasant glass … Read more
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