The Fight to Write Conference

The first Disresponsible Nodpot Writers Conference will take place this Saturday, 10th March, in Dublin. The inaugural conference is entitled The Fight To Write. Guest speakers include current DNOTY, Mungo, former DNOTY Iseult as well as Nodpot of the month Valerie and Chairtoy Marvin.

The morning will consist of talks -

1. How to use humour in writing
2. The joy of rewriting
3. Writing is easy
4. Turning negatives into positives

the afternoon with be split into readings given by the guest authors as well as a workshop on motivation.

The conference is open to all Nodpots.

Marvin's words of the day

When writing your novel or short story, try to write each sentence as close to the finished product as you can get it. Rewrite each paragraph as many times as you need until you have perfected it. This will help save time when you come to edit your work.

Marvin's words of the day

When you have completed your novel or short story, put it away for a at least a couple of days before you do anything with it. Read a book, start on another project or go on a holiday, but drive your finished product from your mind. Then, in a few days time, return with a fresh mind to your completed manuscript and read through it. Only now should you contemplate editing or rewriting.

Marvin's words of the day

When editing your novel, start reading it from the end forward, or start at the end of chapters and work your way back to the beginning. That way you won't be getting lost in the story and will be able to keep your mind fresh for noticing spelling, grammar and punctuation errors as well as missing words.

Marvin's words for the day

When editing your novel or short story, you can easily get lost in the minutiae of detail. Don't forget the big picture though. Write out flash cards of the themes, tones and character developments that you want to keep an eye on as you edit, and refer to them along the path.