Hello, fellow lovers of the tongue that binds, and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a blog about writing, writing better, and the deep love of stories that I know we all feel, pulsing within our hearts like a dino birthing from … Read more

Hello and welcome back to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a blog for authors, editors, readers and people who are interested in how stories work. If you’d like to submit the first page of your novel or short story, please read our submission … Read more

Hello and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a blog for writers, readers, editors, and anyone interested in the craft of writing. The blog comes out every Thursday, and most weeks, we take a novice author’s first page and look at ways … Read more

Booya and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. Each week we take the 1st page of a writer’s novel or short story and look at ways of making it better. If you’d like to submit a piece of your own work for consideration, please … Read more

Hello and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. Each week, we take the first page of a novice author’s novel or short story and look at ways of making it better. If you’d like to submit your own work, please read our submission guidelines. … Read more

Hello and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a blog for writers, editors, and readers who are interested in the craft of fiction. Each week we take the first page of an aspiring author’s novel or short story and we look at … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a blog about writing fiction then editing it to make it as good as possible. Each week we take the first page of a novice author’s novel or short story and look at ways of making … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. Each week we take the first page of an author’s novel or short story, and look at ways of making it better. We’re learning how to be better editors of our own fiction. If you would like to … Read more

Hey everyone – welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. If you’ve not been here before, this is a weekly fiction editing blog where we take the first 250 words of an author’s novel or short story and we look at ways to make it … Read more

Welcome to another Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. I am so tired I can barely explain it. The Fringe has been great (one last weekend to go!) but I am so exhausted. I’m going to take the first week of September off and spend it … Read more

Salut et welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. I’m up at the Edinburgh Fringe, doing my solo show Be Kind To Yourself, and bleeding from the eyes with exhaustion. On Tuesday we completed our run of Grave Invaders, a second show, so at least … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. I’m up at the Edinburgh Fringe all this month, performing my show Be Kind To Yourself. I’m… I don’t really know how to say this, but so far it’s been a wonderful experience. Audiences have been so nice … Read more

Hello and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts, making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. I’ve just arrived in Edinburgh, for the Fringe. I’m performing my stand-up poetry show, Be Kind To Yourself, all month. If you’re about, please come to see me! It’s free. And please spread the word. I bet … Read more

Hey friends, and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts. Making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. There are lots of blogs about fiction writing, but this one focuses on fiction rewriting. If you like stories, or making stories, or people who make stories, you’ll probably find something here that tickles your fancy. … Read more

Pip pip everyone! Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts, making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. I am ill and busy so let’s keep this prompt and businesslike. Want to submit to this blog? Read the submission guidelines, my friend. As always, read the extract below, decide what you like and what … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. Want to submit? Please read the submission guidelines. I am taking two stand-up poetry shows to the Edinburgh Fringe this August – Be Kind To Yourself and Grave Invaders. I am going up out of my own pocket … Read more

Hello noble friends, and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. Every week we take the first page of a novice author’s novel or short story, and look at ways of making it better. If you’d like to know more, or you’d like to submit … Read more

Welcome to another Death Of 1000 Cuts, making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. The postman just knocked on the door and delivered a surprise package of new books. Basically this ‘being an author’ lark is already proving to be a sweet, sweet gravy train – and my novel isn’t even out … Read more

Hello and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. So you all know by now that my first ever novel, The Honours, is due out from Canongate next year. This week, I have been going through line edits with a copyeditor. It’s basically been like … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a weekly blog for writers, readers, and people who love stories. Each week we look at the first page of a writer’s novel or short story and find ways of making it better. If you’d like … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a weekly blog for writers, readers, and people who love stories. Each week we look at the first page of a writer’s novel or short story and find ways of making it better. If you’d like … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a blog for writers, readers, and anyone interested in the craft of storytelling. Each week, we take the first page of a writer’s novel or short story and look at ways of making it better. If … Read more

Hello dear friend and welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. This is a blog for writers, readers, and anyone interested in the craft of storytelling. Each week we take the first page of a writer’s novel or short story (submitted via the ‘Contact Me’ … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. Goodness – we’ve been going for a whole year! I cannot believe it. In celebration, for one week only I’m going to post about creative writing every day, including the regular Thursday Barber’s Chair and this, a bonus … Read more

Welcome to Death Of 1000 Cuts – making you an awesome writer, one cut at a time. We’re just coming up to our first birthday! A year of Death Of 1000 Cuts posts. That shit cray. Thank you for all your lovely support. I expect I’ll do something special next week to mark the occasion. … Read more