John Baker’s Blog

What phases are involved in the creation of a text?
There’s an inception phase. This is where the sparks of inspiration happen. I can be struck by an element of a person, say the way they speak, or a place, or just an atmosphere that I want to recreate. Usually several of these elements combine [...]

What phases are involved in the creation of a text?
Personally my own experience of writing a book is that it begins with a single inspiration: something I read, something I hear that my subconscious instantly recognises as a ‘potential’ story. For instance, an article I read about clutter clearing spawned the seed in [...]

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 [...]