: About Me

I'm what you'd call a dreamer. Unfortunately times are hard for dreamers. And I don't get paid anything for any of the things I like to do. I have a degree and masters degree in film, and love film. Secondly I love to write. Which is why I'm here. I'm generally a very inarticulate person, who feels the need to talk about everything in order to find out the answers, the answers to what? I'm not exactly sure. But at least I'm looking.

My passion is ...

Film, for ever and always

I know too much about ...

Film, and other stuff, useless trivia mostly

My parents always told me ...

I can't remember them telling me anything

My childhood ambition ...

Artist and writer

My favorite memory ...

I have yet to have one

Why I write ...

Because it calms down the demons

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

At the moment, I'm getting into contemporary books based in gothic Victorian settings. And am getting slightly obsessed with 'Pushing Daisies'

My first job ...

Working in the school library

My best moment ...

I'm hoping to have it within the next year

My inspiration ...

The hope that one day all of this will come together

Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to create your best writing

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First of all. Be to the point. Don't start an article like this; "As a small child I would dream of writing, I would pick up my notebook and sit with my cat thinking about far off lands and wonderful adventures". Believe me, eventually you'll start to loath that sort of writing. What you need to say is something along the lines of; "Writing is a difficult practice. Many people believe they have the knack, and maybe they do, but they miss out on key points when writing their articles, such as...". Now you may wonder why I just didn't start the article with that line there. Well, frankly I'v...

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