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I did a lot of freelance writing some years back: I worked for The Guardian and The Times Educational Supplement as theatre critic covering Cardiff; did interviews for The Radio Times, book reviews for various journals and newspapers e.g. The Times Literary Supplement.
Here are a few examples of the beginning of articles of mine. If you'd like to read more, contact me.
Poetry Slam
04/05/05
I entered a poetry speaking competition not by design but because they were short of numbers.
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How to write plays instead....
06/05/88
This booklet I wrote for a class of creative writing; it follows on from the booklet "Don't Write Short Stories" and is called "Write Plays Instead".
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How to write short stories
06/05/86
I wrote a booklet called "Don't Write Short Stories" followed by one called "Write Plays Instead", the first on how to write short stories but is it worth doing financially, the second on that you might be better off writing plays instead. I used them in a course I was taking on creative writing.
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Lord Arthur Saville's Other Crime
04/05/78
A review of a play in which the critic receives an ear-full from "an ordinary theatre go-er".
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How to Write Thrillers
04/10/76
What thrillers are and how to write them. An article written for a "How To..." journal.
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