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Death Of 1000 Cuts

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Jul 8, 2016 • 18min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 15

Writing a novel? Want help? Get quick, practical, immediately-applicable advice from award-winning author and perennial neurotic Tim Clare. Each week, we look at the first page of a listener's novel or short story and discuss ways of making it less sucky. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
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Jul 1, 2016 • 17min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 14

Want to a write a novel? Want to make it good? Friend, we have your back. Each week, award-winning author Tim Clare takes a look at the first page of a listener's novel or short story in detail and suggests ways to make it suck less. This episode, we get in-depth about point of view, dialogue tags, and Tim's favourite topic, crunchy specificity. If you'd like to support me and the podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
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Jun 23, 2016 • 41min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 13 - Editing With Nikesh Shukla

Another episode of the fiction writing podcast where we smash apart the first page of a listener's novel to see if we can rebuild it bigger, stronger, and deadlier. This episode I'm joined by novelist and screenwriter Nikesh Shukla, author of Coconut Unlimited, The One Who Wrote Destiny and Meatspace. Buy MEATSPACE here: https://wordery.com/meatspace-nikesh-shukla-9780007565078#oid=1908_1 Buy THE ONE WHO WROTE DESTINY: https://wordery.com/the-one-who-wrote-destiny-nikesh-shukla-9781786492784#oid=1908_1 Buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1
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Jun 16, 2016 • 21min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 12

Another episode of the fiction writing podcast where writers send in their first pages for author Tim Clare to lovingly rip apart then glue back together in a pretty collage of a duck or something. It's like a normal writing podcast except not completely ruddy useless. Please support me and the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
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Jun 9, 2016 • 17min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 11 - Editing With Ann Morgan

In this episode, author Ann Morgan and I look at another author's first page and discuss ways of making it better. This is a podcast for anyone who writes or wants to write fiction and would like to be less bad at it. If you'd like to support the podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Please buy Ann Morgan's novel, BESIDE MYSELF: https://wordery.com/beside-myself-ann-morgan-9781408870310#oid=1908_1
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Jun 3, 2016 • 19min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 10 - Editing With Joe Dunthorne

This episode, I look at an author's first page with novelist and poet Joe Dunthorne, and we discuss ways of making it better. If you'd like to support Joe Dunthorne and the podcast you can get his latest novel, The Adulterants, here: https://wordery.com/the-adulterants-joe-dunthorne-9780241305478#oid=1908_1 Or his novel Submarine: https://wordery.com/submarine-joe-dunthorne-9780241955154#oid=1908_1 Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
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May 26, 2016 • 25min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 9 - Editing With Ann Morgan

On this week's Death Of 1000 Cuts I'm joined by author Ann Morgan as we look at a novice author's first page and discuss ways of making it better. Want to support me and the podcast and get a great story in your face? Please buy my novel, THE HONOURS, via this link: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 And Ann Morgan's novel, BESIDE MYSELF: https://wordery.com/beside-myself-ann-morgan-9781408870310#oid=1908_1
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May 19, 2016 • 17min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 8

Another episode of the no-nonsense podcast for anyone trying to write fiction, presented by Tim Clare, author of The Honours and We Can't All Be Astronauts. Each show we take a look at the first page of a novel or short story by a novice author, and try to find ways of making it better. Please support me by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
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May 13, 2016 • 23min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 7 - Editing With Joe Dunthorne

Death Of 1000 Cuts is a podcast about how to write better fiction. This episode, me and author Joe Dunthorne look at a first page about zombies. If you'd like to support Joe Dunthorne and the podcast you can get his latest novel, The Adulterants, here: https://wordery.com/the-adulterants-joe-dunthorne-9780241305478#oid=1908_1 Or his novel Submarine: https://wordery.com/submarine-joe-dunthorne-9780241955154#oid=1908_1 Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
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May 5, 2016 • 16min

Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 6

Episode 6 of Death Of 1000 Cuts - a podcast all about helping you write better fiction. Each episode we look at a listener-submitted first page and discuss ways of making it less bad. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

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