Stay ConnectedDeath Of 1000 Cuts is a podcast for fiction writers, full of motivational rants, writing exercises, interviews with authors, and detailed critiques of first pages submitted by you, the listeners. Everything you need to write more and better, and love it. Presented by Tim Clare, author of The Honours, The Ice House and We Can’t All Be Astronauts, and stand-up poet.
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Today's episode is me chatting with Naomi Ishiguro about writing, genre, and her debut short story collection ESCAPE ROUTES. We had a marvellous talk about making stories, the links between stage and page, and navigating genre. I hope you enjoy it. ESCAPE ROUTES: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Escape-Routes-Naomi-Ishiguro/dp/1472264851/ If you'd like to support me you can grab my two novels THE HONOURS and THE ICE HOUSE (best read in that order). Due to stock shortages both links are to Amazon, but if you can grab them from your local bricks & mortar stores that would be dandy: THE HONOURS: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clare/dp/1782114793/ THE ICE HOUSE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894823 And you can support this podcast and help me make more free content for writers by dropping me something here: https://ko-fi.com/timclare
This is the intro episode of Season 4 of Death Of 1000 Cuts, a podcast for writers, readers, and anyone with a morbid fascination with how the story sausage is made. I talk about what the podcast's about, what's coming up this season, and I explain how you - the listeners - can submit your own work for the show. If you'd like to send me the first 250 words of your novel or story - polished to a high shine - for me to offer feedback on during a future episode, you can submit via my website, by clicking on the 'Contact Me' button: www.timclarepoet.co.uk If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
This is an unscripted epilogue to my 100 Day Writing Challenge, a free creative writing course. If you'd like to try the course out, go back to episode 0 to hear what it's all about. In this episode, I chat a bit about the process of putting the course together, and creative writing in general, and doubt, and what's changed since I started writing the course, and... you know. Here are some creative writing books you might like. Ursula Le Guin's STEERING THE CRAFT: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steering-Craft-Twenty-First-Century-Guide-Sailing/dp/0544611616 THE LANGUAGE OF THE NIGHT: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Language-Night-Fantasy-Science-Fiction/dp/0060168358/ Natalie Goldberg's WRITING DOWN THE BONES: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Writing-Down-Bones-Freeing-Writer/dp/0877733759/ Anne Lamott's BIRD BY BIRD: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bird-Instructions-Writing-Life-Canons/dp/1786898551 Robert McKee's STORY: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0413715604/ Andrew Cowan's THE ART OF WRITING FICTION: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Writing-Fiction-Andrew-Cowan/dp/1408248344/ If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
This is Day 100 of the 100 Day Writing Challenge by Tim Clare, a free course via podcast for writers of all levels. Each episode has a 10 minute writing exercise, including a timer, related to some aspect of the craft. Over days and weeks, these build together to help you gain confidence and get match fit for writing whatever you want. Here's a link for pdfs or paperbacks of Ben Robbins' books KINGDOM and MICROSCOPE: http://www.lamemage.com/store.html This course was made possible by the generous support of Arts Council England, and by the support of listeners. If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
This is Day 99 of the 100 Day Writing Challenge by Tim Clare, a free course via podcast for writers of all levels. Here's a link to MEGA EMOTION's Bandcamp page. If you'd visit & share, I'd be very touched & most grateful: https://megaemotion.bandcamp.com/ Each episode has a 10 minute writing exercise, including a timer, related to some aspect of the craft. Over days and weeks, these build together to help you gain confidence and get match fit for writing whatever you want. Here's a link for pdfs or paperbacks of Ben Robbins' books KINGDOM and MICROSCOPE: http://www.lamemage.com/store.html This course was made possible by the generous support of Arts Council England, and by the support of listeners. If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
This is Day 98 of the 100 Day Writing Challenge by Tim Clare, a free course via podcast for writers of all levels. Each episode has a 10 minute writing exercise, including a timer, related to some aspect of the craft. Over days and weeks, these build together to help you gain confidence and get match fit for writing whatever you want. Here's a link for pdfs or paperbacks of Ben Robbins' books KINGDOM and MICROSCOPE: http://www.lamemage.com/store.html This course was made possible by the generous support of Arts Council England, and by the support of listeners. If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
This is Day 97 of the 100 Day Writing Challenge by Tim Clare, a free course via podcast for writers of all levels. Each episode has a 10 minute writing exercise, including a timer, related to some aspect of the craft. Over days and weeks, these build together to help you gain confidence and get match fit for writing whatever you want. This course was made possible by the generous support of Arts Council England, and by the support of listeners. If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
This is Day 96 of the 100 Day Writing Challenge by Tim Clare, a free course via podcast for writers of all levels. Each episode has a 10 minute writing exercise, including a timer, related to some aspect of the craft. Over days and weeks, these build together to help you gain confidence and get match fit for writing whatever you want. This course was made possible by the generous support of Arts Council England, and by the support of listeners. If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
This is Day 95 of the 100 Day Writing Challenge by Tim Clare, a free course via podcast for writers of all levels. Each episode has a 10 minute writing exercise, including a timer, related to some aspect of the craft. Over days and weeks, these build together to help you gain confidence and get match fit for writing whatever you want. Andrew Cowan's THE ART OF WRITING FICTION is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Writing-Fiction-Andrew-Cowan/dp/1408248344/ This course was made possible by the generous support of Arts Council England, and by the support of listeners. If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
This is Day 94 of the 100 Day Writing Challenge by Tim Clare, a free course via podcast for writers of all levels. Each episode has a 10 minute writing exercise, including a timer, related to some aspect of the craft. Over days and weeks, these build together to help you gain confidence and get match fit for writing whatever you want. This course was made possible by the generous support of Arts Council England, and by the support of listeners. If you'd like to help me create more free content for authors, you can support my career by buying my novels, THE ICE HOUSE and THE HONOURS, via the links below. THE ICE HOUSE Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894815/ THE HONOURS Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782114769/ Or you can support the podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, by dropping a few bucks to my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare
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