Category Archives: Writing Productivity

Diary of a Play #3: I’m Gonna First Draft Forever

Posted on Jun 8, 2016 by MartinLindsay

For those coming in late: Diary of a Play #2: Five Go On An Adventure Diary of a Play #1: Script’s Just Got Real “The first draft of anything is shit” Ernest Hemingway And who can argue with the Ern-dawg? Barrel-chested bear … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Play #2: Five Go On An Adventure

Posted on Apr 21, 2016 by MartinLindsay

For those coming in late: Diary of a Play #1: Script’s Just Got Real So, this play thing. It won’t write itself. I’ve tried, it doesn’t. The muse visits infrequently, fleetingly, in a hurry to get somewhere else. By the … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Play #1: Script’s Just Got Real

Posted on Mar 13, 2016 by MartinLindsay

Were you one of those students who left things to a last frantic all-nighter? Coffee drenched, head aching, buttocks cramping, fingers clenching a pen, agonising your way towards some unreasonable word count. Yes, a more brutally efficient use of your … Continue reading →

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Legends in our own Lunchtimes

Posted on Sep 7, 2015 by MartinLindsay

I’ve recently rediscovered the joy of lunchtime writing, and wonder why I’ve let the habit slip for so long. Okay, unbearable summer heat for one. And scootling about on frenetic lunchtime errands so as to free myself for quality lazing … Continue reading →

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The Tyranny of Boxsets

Posted on Jun 2, 2015 by MartinLindsay

I finally caught up on some tv series recently, allowing entry into that blissful state where the merest risk of spoilers no longer requires running out of the room with ears covered. It lasted all of a week or two … Continue reading →

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Dictation tools

Posted on Mar 17, 2014 by MartinLindsay

There’s something about writing by hand that works better for me than ploinking away at a keyboard. You can take a pen and pad anywhere, without looking like a hipster sporting a laptop in coffee shops. My mind thinks just … Continue reading →

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Timed Writing

Posted on Jul 24, 2013 by MartinLindsay

Back in my more carefree years, I was looking to get my writing into gear. Plenty of ideas, but idleness and writing pretentious songs on my guitar tended to come first. Hearing of authors pumping out thousand of words a … Continue reading →

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