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The value of writing concisely (Rousse)

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Dreamaticus

‘The greatest skill that we learnt as undergraduates’ announced JS to the audience seated before her on rows of hard wooden chairs ‘Is how to write concisely. I can turn one person’s long-winded paragraph into three neat sentences – as … Continue reading →

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Maddening Microsoft Word download (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The new update for Word was driving me insane. Now that Microsoft had made keyboards redundant I struggled whenever I started a new document. I couldn’t understand why they thought that touching small three dimensional plastic icons that represented words … Continue reading →

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JK Rowling offers advice to novice novelist (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

JK Rowling and I had been friends for a long time, so I knew that she wouldn’t mind at all giving me some advice on the first paragraph of my new novel. JK Rowling features on Dreamaticus quite frequently. You’ll … Continue reading →

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