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An Eddying Flight
A website for readers, writers both published and working-on-it, writing teachers, budding academics, and anyone who is interested in stories. Welcome!
Join the ongoing (mis)adventures of Zoë D. Marriott, novelist, freelance writing teacher, and doctoral candidate at the Open University...
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Apr 20, 20222 min read
'My Reading Habits' - Bitesize Audio
Hello, Dear Readers - welcome back to An Eddying Flight! Today I have another bite-sized podcast for you, courtesy of the RLF's Vox...
zdmarriott
Mar 24, 20222 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#9)
Hello, and welcome back to Pick & Mix, the low pressure, low stress creativity kickstart designed to help writers reconnect with their...
zdmarriott
Mar 14, 20228 min read
Flailing in the Dark: Getting a Grip as an Early Stage PhD Student
Welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers (and apologies in advance, as always, for Wix's formatting insanity - I've done my...
zdmarriott
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#8)
Hello, and welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers! It's time for Thursday Pick & Mix - ten minutes of low-pressure, playful...
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Feb 10, 20221 min read
'How I Write' - Bite-Sized Audio
Hello and welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers. Today I have a little treat for you courtesy of the wonderful folks over at...
zdmarriott
Feb 7, 20227 min read
Away with the Fairies...
When you hear a person described as ‘Away with the fairies’, you imagine someone a bit useless. Someone chronically distracted, with a...
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Jan 24, 202210 min read
In Pursuit of a PhD & Doctoral Funding (Part 2)
Hello, and welcome back to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers. Today we're going to get into some specifics about funding, and I'll be...
zdmarriott
Jan 20, 20222 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#7)
Welcome back, Dear Readers! Has this week has treated you well? Whether it's been a head-down-keep-moving-slog or a delightful dance, I...
zdmarriott
Jan 17, 202210 min read
In Pursuit of a PhD & Doctoral Funding (Part 1)
Hello, and welcome to An Eddying Flight, Dear Readers. Today's post (and next week's) is aimed at those of you who are in the same...
zdmarriott
Jan 13, 20222 min read
New Year's Pick & Mix
Hello, Happy New Year, and welcome back to Thursday Pick & Mix, your low-pressure, just-for-fun creativity kickstart. Leisure (1911) W.H....
zdmarriott
Jan 10, 202213 min read
The Quest for Ultimate Form (& Why it Doesn't Work)
(Apologies in advance for the weird paragraph spacing throughout this whole piece. Wix's blog formatting is a complete mystery, and even...
zdmarriott
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Christmas Pick & Mix
Hello, and happy winter holidays to all Dear Readers! Welcome back to Pick & Mix - the last one before Christmas, and also the last one...
zdmarriott
Dec 13, 20219 min read
This PhD Mallarkey: What, Why and How?
Hello, Dear Readers, and welcome back to the blog. This week I felt like focusing on the academic nitty-gritty again, and answering some...
zdmarriott
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#5)
Welcome back, Dear Readers - I hope that this week has treated you well so far. And I hope you're ready to have some honest-to-dog fun...
zdmarriott
Dec 6, 20215 min read
The Plot Diamond, Part Three: Turning Plots into Stories
Hello, and welcome back to An Eddying Flight. Today I'm tackling the final part of this process which has taken us from inspiration to...
zdmarriott
Dec 2, 20211 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#4)
Hello, Dear Readers - and welcome back to Thursday Pick & Mix. Are you ready to take ten minutes out of your day, just for yourself, to...
zdmarriott
Nov 29, 20218 min read
The Plot Diamond, Part Two: Turning Ideas into Plots
In last week’s post I introduced the concept of the Plot Diamond – a rejigged plotting pro-forma which partakes of many different ways of...
zdmarriott
Nov 25, 20212 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#3)
Hello, Dear Readers - welcome back to Thursday Pick & Mix. I hope you're all doing well this week, and ready to seek out your writing...
zdmarriott
Nov 22, 20217 min read
The Plot Diamond, Part One: Turning Inspirations into Ideas
Part one of a three-part series of posts on the nuts and bolts of transforming ideas and inspiration into a coherent plot.
zdmarriott
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Thursday Pick & Mix (#2)
Welcome to the second Thursday Pick & Mix challenge. How did things go for you last week? Did you find your imagination freed, and...
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