@jmgatford.bsky.social
Write-abouter | editor | scriptwriter | fiction all over the shop | Shakespeare nerd | writing thoughts & workshops @ The Joy of Fixion
https://www.jogatford.com
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@jmgatford.bsky.socialI'm sorry for where my brain went with this.
@jmgatford.bsky.socialIt's called defecation. Maybe you've turd of it.
@jmgatford.bsky.socialLAST CALL for "Has It Got Legs?" — my new 4-week novel outlining course for anyone who's tired of formulaic plotting methods.
So, if you keep telling yourself *this is the year* you finally get started on that story… well, let’s make it happen!
Starts 12 Oct: www.jogatford.com/has-it-got-l...
@jmgatford.bsky.socialMy body is ready for autumn layers but climate change says no.
@jmgatford.bsky.socialUnspeakably excited to receive a lovely bunch of stories for judging... Good luck, everyone!
@jmgatford.bsky.socialA week today I'm running a two-part flash fiction intensive called *Writing the Five Senses* with a heap of generative exercises and sensory detail techniques.
Come and see, smell, hear, taste and, uh, get touchy with me?
More info & booking: flashfictionmagazine.com/writing-the-...
@jmgatford.bsky.socialTomorrowwww! Join me for an hour of music loving story writing…
@jmgatford.bsky.socialSo so so excited for this!
@jmgatford.bsky.socialLess than one week until my next story generating workshop full of music-inspired exercises, techniques, and a specially curated writing playlist…
The Story in a Song — Weds 30 Sept 7pm (UK)
www.jogatford.com/workshops-co...
(P.S. The session will also be recorded if you can’t make it live)
@jmgatford.bsky.socialHey writers — if you want to write a thing but can't get started on the thing because you don't know what the thing is supposed to look like and/or the 5-act structure makes you want to stab things then you should do my thing instead:
www.jogatford.com/has-it-got-l...
Starts 12 Oct
@jmgatford.bsky.socialStayed up too late last night writing about sentient goo and got jumpscared by the dog appearing out of nowhere in full STALK mode.
@jmgatford.bsky.socialP.P.S. AND I also have another Story in a Song workshop coming up on 30th September — so this prompt really covers all bases ;)
@jmgatford.bsky.socialP.S. This is a lil’ taster of the kinds of writing exercises you can expect from my upcoming workshop, Writing the Five Senses,over at Flash Fiction Magazine, 10-11th October: flashfictionmagazine.com/writing-the-...
@jmgatford.bsky.socialHow do you get a reader to really *feel* what’s going on in a scene / your character’s head / the world of your story?
Specificity. Authenticity. And just a smidge of the unexpected when it comes to sensory detail.
@jmgatford.bsky.socialI know for a fact (cos I'm lucky enough to have already read it!) this is going to be a stellar book by an extremely talented writer (and all round lovely human). Can't wait.
@jmgatford.bsky.socialSo so so so excited for you, my brilliant friend. Loved every minute of working with you and your words. This book is so special and I can't wait to read the final version IN PRINT! Enormous congratulations very much well deserved. x
@jmgatford.bsky.socialP.S. The Perfect Circle anthology is available now, full of gloriously unsettling tales by Eva Carson, @daveyfrankel.bsky.social, @kathyhoyle.bsky.social, @lynseymay.com, Lauren O’Donoghue & me, edited by Rob Redman & beautifully illustrated by Lucy Scott: www.uncertainstories.com/books/anthol...
@jmgatford.bsky.socialThanks to the ever-wonderful @uncertainstories.com for this Q&A about my story, Perfect Circle: www.uncertainstories.com/inside-stori...
@jmgatford.bsky.socialLove this photo! Sounds like a wonderful week :D
@jmgatford.bsky.socialMy “Rescue the Draft” workshop is happening this week — Thurs 17th Sept @ 7pm (BST) — bring along your jankiest story and let’s see if we can’t do a little emergency surgery…
