Creating a Text - Clare Dudman

What phases are involved in the creation of a text?
For me the creation of text depends on my reading and experiences. Since all of my books for adults have been based on historical events in foreign lands I have considered it essential to go there and ask questions. Initially I just walk around [...]



What phases are involved in the creation of a text?
With me, there is almost always a central idea which initially strikes me well in advance of the actual writing - anything between nine months and three or more years - and usually in advance of any further note taking or planning. I suppose I just [...]



What phases are involved in the creation of a text?
In Man, just as in other sentient creatures, feeling precedes thought.
Though idealogues and clerics would wish it otherwise, consciousness is the servant of instinct.
The shiver induced by the setting sun induces the feeling of being chilly, quickly followed by the thought to go inside or pull [...]






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