
Death Of 1000 Cuts
Death 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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Latest episodes

Dec 1, 2017 • 16min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 5 Day 5
The Week 5 theme is 'Psyche Exam' and today we explore the unstable world of early memories, as surreal jumping-off points for fiction.
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765k#oid=1908_1

Dec 1, 2017 • 15min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 5 Day 4
This is an 8 week course getting you match-fit for finishing your novel, in just 10 minutes of writing a day. Today's episode continues our journey into our most challenging, deepest emotions.
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Dec 1, 2017 • 26min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 5 Day 3
Week 5 is all about emotions and motivation, and today we take an in-depth look at just how far that can take you as a writer, and some decisions you face about the places you're ready to go.
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Nov 29, 2017 • 17min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 5 Day 2
Our 8 week writing boot camp continues with a week on psychology, both inside and outside your novel. Today we take a deeper look into emotions, and learn that sometimes, less is... more than less? More or less.
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1

Nov 28, 2017 • 20min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 5 Day 1
Week 5 of the 8 week writing boot camp begins - this week the theme is 'Psyche Exam'. Writing needs feeling! But how to tap into it? And how can you keep yourself feeling good in the process?
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Nov 24, 2017 • 19min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 4 Day 6
Week 4 comes to a close with a final episode on style and how to make it work for you. We're halfway through! Eep!
Please consider supporting the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Nov 24, 2017 • 20min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 4 Day 5
Our adventures in style continue, as we find new ways of reinventing and discovering a scene we thought we knew.
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Nov 24, 2017 • 15min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 4 Day 4
Another day, another writing challenge in our 8 week writing boot camp. Daily 10 minute exercises that combine, Voltron-esque, to form a fully-functional fiction workout to get you match-fit for finishing that novel.
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Nov 22, 2017 • 24min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 4 Day 3
Today it's time to channel your inner artiste as we transform a simple autobiographical scene into a poignant, richly evocative extract from one of the greatest, most moving novels of the modern era.
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Nov 21, 2017 • 14min
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Couch To 80k - Week 4 Day 2
Week 4 of our 8 week writing course continues as we take yesterday's work and alchemise it into something bigger, better, and more... storyish.
Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1