GBA 84 Writing Group

In GBA 84 we get better acquainted with my writing group. It's a 7 way conversation focused on our shared interest of writing. Half the group are making their second appearance. For the other half this is a teaser for upcoming episodes focuses on them.

We sit down for tea and cake in the dining room of a Camber Sands holiday house during our first trip away together. We tell the story of how the group formed, discuss the way the group works, consider writing as a craft, a passion and a form of work, tackle writing "block", the future of the novel, whether writing can be taught and other aspects of this thing we do.

The group are:

Jen:

http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-61

http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/

http://twitter.com/jadamthwaite

Nathalie:

http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-20-nathalie

http://twitter.com/NathalieLeonora

http://countingzeros.wordpress.com/what-is-counting-zeros/

Joss:

http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-27-joss

http://www.stormboy.net/

http://soundcloud.com/jossarmitage

Angela:

http://twitter.com/angelashoosmith

Sofia:

http://twitter.com/jslundberg

Emily:

http://emilycleaver.net/

http://twitter.com/EmilyCleaver

Me:

http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dave-episodes/

http://goosefat101.blogspot.co.uk/

Blogs about that Writing Retreat:

http://nathaliehourihan.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/i-love-my-friends-but-1/

http://nathaliehourihan.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/i-love-my-friends-but-2/

http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2011/10/22/seven-writers-and-a-cottage.html

http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2011/10/30/seven-writers-writing.html

And blogs on our 2nd Writing Retreat:

http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2012/8/19/headspace.html

http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2012/8/26/the-retreat-and-beyond.html

Nathalie's blog about our first "intervention" session:

http://nathaliehourihan.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/help-for-blocked-writers/

Instead of asking for plugs I asked for people to recommend books on writing:

Joss:

Teach Us How To Sit Still by Tim Parks: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Us-Sit-Still-Sceptics/dp/0099548887

Angela:

That Crafty Feeling by Zadie Smith: http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/?p=73547

How I Write in Time Out: eg http://www.timeout.com/london/books/features/2100/Neil_Gaiman-how_I_write.html

Jen:

This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley: http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Year-Write-Your-Novel/dp/0316065412

Dave:

Steering the Craft by Ursula Le Guin: http://www.amazon.com/Steering-Craft-Exercises-Discussions-Navigator/dp/0933377460

How to Write a Damn Good Novel II by James N. Frey: http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Write-Damn-Good-Novel/dp/0312104782

The Carrier Bag Theory Of Fiction by Ursula Le Guin: http://www.trabal.org/texts/pdf/LeGuin.pdf

Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reinventing-Comics-Scott-McCloud/dp/0060953500

Emily:

On Writing by Stephen King: http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Writing-A-Memoir-Craft/dp/1444723251

Rhyme's Reason by John Hollander: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rhymes-Reason-Guide-English-Verse/dp/0300088329

Sofia:

On Writing by Stephen King

Story by Robert McKee: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0060856181

The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Writers-Journey-Christopher-Vogler/dp/0330375911

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