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🎵On The Second Day of Christmas
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🎵On The Second Day of Christmas

The writing advice Emma Barnett gave to me

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Dec 26, 2024
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How I write isn't for everyone. I am not even sure it's for me half the time. But when Anna Wharton asked me to share my method for her lovely Christmas writing series - I did it the minute she asked because if not then, never. I NEED a deadline.Always. And some banging tunes - usually by Faithless. Perhaps this shall speak to you in this creative fug that is Twixmas. Get a brew and your laptop. Set a timer....and GO! -
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Happy Boxing Day! I hope you have woken up suitably stuffed with turkey and you had a wonderful day yesterday.

If you haven’t had chance to catch up yet, Priscilla Morris kicked off this year’s Twelve Days of Christmas Writing Advice, with a wonderful essay that was a pure gift to open on Christmas Day. You can find it here:

🎵On The First Day of Christmas...

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December 25, 2024
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Merry Christmas! I hope you are enjoying your day wherever you are and whoever you are with.

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And so we find ourselves on the second day of Christmas…

So which mystery author do I have for you today? It’s Emma Barnett.

Emma is an award-winning British broadcast journalist, author and Substacker, you can find her brilliant Substack here. She is the author of two books, Period, and forthcoming in March, Maternity Service which is available now to pre-order (and you know how much authors love pre-orders).

Emma Barnett
was formally the presenter of BBC Radio Four’s Woman’s Hour, and now co-presents Radio Four’s Today programme. Emma has welcomed queens and prime ministers, popstars and political prisoners to her microphone and I am thrilled she has somehow found the time in her schedule to pen an essay of writing advice for you, but then you know what they say ‘ask a busy person’ which is kind of the theme for her advice today. And so, let’s hear from Emma herself…


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