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Simon Holloway is, in no particular order, a novelist, short story writer, poet, critic and academic. He gave up a promising school career because he doesn’t like golf. He took instead to the worlds of music, Italian food and coffee, in that order, before accidentally moving to North Wales, where he deliberately stayed to get married and do a PhD. He’s written many poems, three novels, a screenplay and co-written two sitcoms, under several different names. He currently teaches creative writing at The University of Bolton, where he also researches the actions and processes of creativity, publishing articles and essays on the subject. He is a firm believer in the wisdom of capybaras, and collects small plots of land around the world, for no r ...more

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	100 Words of Solitude by Simon Holloway (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Philippa Holloway (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Words We Use Are Black and White 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Of Knowing and Not Knowing

We find out as we go along, of course. That element of discovery, of learning precisely where our stories and characters are heading, is one of the pleasures of writing, however you go about the business. There are familiar terms for types of writers: and methods of writing: some divide them into ‘planners’ and ‘pansters’ – those who structure their writing carefully in advance, scheming every dev