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Dad
Although its been quite the summer one event stands above all else. On the 22nd of July my Dad died. His health has not been good for a number of years but it was never really life-threatening at any...
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Sleeplessness and Two Great Writers
Sleepless. Full of excited thoughts and way too exuberant for bed. Its kind of annoying given that I was really tired all day. The baby is also full of his own little staccato complaints, threatening...
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Finishing a Story in Reality
Trying to come up with an ending for the same story I am still writing, as the last two posts has proven decidedly frustrating. I am relatively happy with my progress so far with some sections of...
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Lessons of a Bad Story and other thoughts about TV Drama.
So I finally finished my story and as the title of this post suggests I’m not exactly overly enamored with the outcome. There are a few passages that are sort of satisfying but overall there seems to...
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Whats the Point in Anything?
Winter’s tired march. The cold disturbs me these mornings like I imagine it does the elderly. Sorrow and rain and sickness and seemingly very little time (or energy anyway). I have written little these...
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On Dorothea Brande’s Becoming A Writer
I’ve had a curious relationship for almost twelve months now with the book that is the subject of this post. I first head of it in a special feature the Guardian entitled Rules from Writers, one of...
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On Dorothea Brande’s Becoming a Writer: Chapter Two
In the time since I last wrote I have come to view Dorothea Brande’s book as so much more than a friendly instruction manual, but as something much more profound. I have so far followed all of her...
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On Dorothea Brande’s Becoming a Writer: Chapter Five, Harnessing the Unconscious
I have found perhaps the most satisfaction so far from the chapter that follows. Here, Brande encourages our first gentle exercise that incorporates our imaginative child and later subtly includes our...
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Changing Principles
We are making a few changes here at Cj Hourican.com, in case you haven’t already noticed. However, the principled change that forms the object of this post will hopefully prove far more significant...
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On Dorothea Brande’s Becoming a Writer: Chapter 9, Reading as a Writer
This is a chapter that has long been on my mind. In case you haven’t ever learned anything about me: I love books. Reading is as elemental to my experience as food. I obsess about books. I have way...
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