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My Novel Year

I Am, Therefore I Think —
On Somatics and the Writing Life
Dec 29 • Carole Budgen
A Christmas in Draft
On my work-in-progress novel, Kezzia
Dec 22 • Carole Budgen
Writing from the Edge of Exposure
On honesty, protection, and finding your creative safety net.
Dec 15 • Carole Budgen
The draft before Christmas
On what happened when I finally took a month off from my novel
Dec 9 • Carole Budgen
Draft Three: The Patient Is Stable
On keeping the manuscript alive
Nov 24 • Carole Budgen
This isn't Kezzia's story...
On the sudden shock in draft two
Nov 17 • Carole Budgen
The View to the Left
For anyone who thinks they need to be tidy to be whole.
Nov 10 • Carole Budgen
Inside the Paradox of Writing
How Contradiction Fuels Creativity A short, candid note on living inside the paradox of writing: how solitude and connection, surrender and craft, rest…
Nov 3 • Carole Budgen
The Second Draft Surprise
On and why it was more rewriting than editing.
Oct 27 • Carole Budgen
Before beginning...
On finding characters and plot
Oct 20 • Carole Budgen
The Kind Writer's Day
On finding what your writerly self most needs
Oct 13 • Carole Budgen
The In-Between Years
On writing teenagers, and the ache of letting go
Oct 6 • Carole Budgen
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