Contribution by Andrew Wright Being Creatively Sick For me the work on the BookMap between 29 October and 20 November was so very creative that it was actually akin to vomiting (apologies for the visceral nature of that metaphor). Once started the BookMap forced me to begin...
Contribution by Andrew Wright Hoorah for the BookMap “I can see clearly now the rain has gone.” The next stage of my work with Golden Egg was the BookMap, building on these themes and ideas, weaving together the plot from beginning to end. The BookMap was an equally...
Contribution by Andrew Wright Exploring the Length, Breadth and Depth of My Story In September 2013 I was lucky enough to be accepted to have a one to one mentoring session with Imogen Cooper at the Golden Egg Academy. Sitting down with Imogen, my gut-twisting with fear,...
Contribution by Andrew Wright The Way Round "Be clear about what you want to say and then keep on trying to say it until there’s just enough words to get it across and not one more." A very wise editor There’s a curious relationship between writing a story and...
My name’s Andrew Wright and I’m the writer of (and midwife to) a series of novels about a boy called Gareth who has amazing magic locked up in his head. But this blog isn’t about Gareth, not yet anyway, it’s about the birth pains and...
