Discipline Trumps Motivation

Discipline Trumps Motivation

The first day of January arrives every year without fail. In Scotland, celebrations take place on a grand, public scale: Cities buzz with excitement, towns party into the small hours. Scots are proud of ‘Hogmanay’, thought to be an ancient Gaelic ritual....
Five Writers, Five Routines

Five Writers, Five Routines

Some writers’ beds are still warm when they start working. For others, late nights provide the best conditions – when the noise of the day gives way to silence, and they can peck a keyboard in peace. Each writer is different. The important thing...
Excise Adverbs… Mostly

Excise Adverbs… Mostly

“Adverbs are crashers in the syntax house party. More often than not, they should be deleted when they sneak in the back door,” writes Constance Hale, ignoring her own advice before she even reaches the first page of Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly...