Novel Writing Archive
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![The other day I said I’d go and meet H at 1230. We arranged this a couple of hours earlier. There was no fixed reason why 1230, other than I […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6896054295_22c4a258fc_z-200x110.jpg "Working with outlines, doing away with time")
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Working with outlines, doing away with time
Posted on December 19The other day I said I’d go and meet H at 1230. We arranged this a couple of hours earlier. There was no fixed reason why 1230, other than I […] -
![(A short exercise in “putting the problem into the writing” based on a character from my novel.) The vague feeling of love And he knew somehow that the vague feeling […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/emotionally-vague-200x110.gif "The vague feeling of love")
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The vague feeling of love
Posted on March 19(A short exercise in “putting the problem into the writing” based on a character from my novel.) The vague feeling of love And he knew somehow that the vague feeling […] -
![A fair few months ago I had a conversation with a colleague about my novel. I’d just finished the piece for submission to the PhD, but was not happy with […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/James-Maskrey-200x110.jpg "Talking about your work")
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Talking about your work
Posted on March 10A fair few months ago I had a conversation with a colleague about my novel. I’d just finished the piece for submission to the PhD, but was not happy with […] -
![Thanks to Em Strang (http://emstrang.wordpress.com/) for tagging me in the BLOG HOP. What is the working title of your book? Obelisque Where did the idea come from for the book? […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/obelisk-160x110.jpg "Blog Hop: The Novel")
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Blog Hop: The Novel
Posted on February 20Thanks to Em Strang (http://emstrang.wordpress.com/) for tagging me in the BLOG HOP. What is the working title of your book? Obelisque Where did the idea come from for the book? […] -
![I am in love with words and books and stories. One of the greatest frustrations is a bad book, or a book I cannot connect with, that steals not only […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/old-penguins-200x110.jpg "Modelling the books")
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Modelling the books
Posted on February 19I am in love with words and books and stories. One of the greatest frustrations is a bad book, or a book I cannot connect with, that steals not only […] -
![“If you could plant one seed,” David asks Esther, “what would it be?” He didn’t mean the seed of a vegetable or flower; but he suppose he might have, and […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pig-save-200x110.jpg "World Vegan Day (of the Dead)")
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World Vegan Day (of the Dead)
Posted on November 1“If you could plant one seed,” David asks Esther, “what would it be?” He didn’t mean the seed of a vegetable or flower; but he suppose he might have, and […] -
![April, it seems, is the hardest month. I come out of the blocks in January committed to making the most of the year, augmenting myself around the academic timetable and […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bluetit-200x110.jpg "April is the hardest month")
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April is the hardest month
Posted on May 2April, it seems, is the hardest month. I come out of the blocks in January committed to making the most of the year, augmenting myself around the academic timetable and […] -
![Andrew Miller’s Pure was the 2011 Costa Book of the Year. Set a few years before the French Revolution of 1789, it tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Baratte, and engineer, […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/millerpure-200x110.jpg "Notes on Stucture: Andrew Miller’s Pure")
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Notes on Stucture: Andrew Miller’s Pure
Posted on December 29Andrew Miller’s Pure was the 2011 Costa Book of the Year. Set a few years before the French Revolution of 1789, it tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Baratte, and engineer, […] -
![The thing I notice most about novelist Haruki Murakami’s style is this: a sense that when I pick up his work, the story has already been happening without me, and […]](http://alexlockwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/murakamirunning-200x110.jpg "Murakami on Writing, Running")
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Murakami on Writing, Running
Posted on December 26The thing I notice most about novelist Haruki Murakami’s style is this: a sense that when I pick up his work, the story has already been happening without me, and […]