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Dan Jones

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Born
in Reading, England, The United Kingdom
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History, Biography, Nonfiction

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Dan Jones is a historian, broadcaster and award-winning journalist. His books, including The Plantagenets, Magna Carta, The Templars and The Colour of Time, have sold more than one million copies worldwide. He has written and hosted dozens of TV shows including the acclaimed Netflix/Channel 5 series 'Secrets of Great British Castles'. For ten years Dan wrote a weekly column for the London Evening Standard and his writing has also appeared in newspapers and magazines including The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, GQ and The Spectator. ...more

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Dan Jones It's very simple. Not having a boss. …moreIt's very simple. Not having a boss. (less)
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Dan Jones Fortunately, I have not suffered it for about 10 years. The key, I think, is to write every day - it's like playing the piano or jogging - the more yo…moreFortunately, I have not suffered it for about 10 years. The key, I think, is to write every day - it's like playing the piano or jogging - the more you do it, the easier it becomes. But it is worth remembering that the best place to start assembling a piece of prose is not necessarily at the beginning - where one is faced with the daunting tyranny of the blinking cursor and blank page. If you are having trouble getting going, then it is a good tactic to just start writing at the bit in the story/article/chapter that excites and interests you the most. Start building there and then, when your work has started to emerge, you can go back and write the trickier bits later, buoyed by confidence, rhythm, etc. The other thing to say is, to (probably mis-)quote William Goldman, STRUCTURE IS EVERYTHING. The best way to avoid not knowing what you want to write is to plan, and plan, and plan and plan before you get started. Not being able to write is often a manifestation of not having your ideas clear in your own mind. To put it another way, it's much easier to build a house if you have an architectural drawing than simply by standing there looking at a massive pile of bricks.(less)
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“He wasn't an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence.”
― Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
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“If the cycle of violence that had engulfed the English Crown for nearly five decades seemed finally to be coming to an end, it was only because there were so few candidates left to kill.”
― Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
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“(During his trial he claimed that his pet cat had become possessed by the devil and incited him to his crimes. The cat was also hanged.)”
― Dan Jones, The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
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