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Notes on the writing life

Short, practical essays on voice, research and revision — everything I wish someone had told me at my first blank page.

Woman writing notes at a desk with coffee and laptop

Craft · 6 min read

Finding the voice that’s already yours

Voice isn’t invented — it’s uncovered. Three exercises that strip away imitation.

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A notebook full of handwritten research notes with glasses and coloured page tabs

Research · 8 min read

Research before romance: earning your story

Why the best sentences are built on notebooks full of other people’s words.

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An editor marking a manuscript with a red pen beside a typewriter

Revision · 5 min read

Edit like you love the reader

Cutting without cruelty: a kinder revision method that keeps the heartbeat.

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