zdmarriott
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...
top of page
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...
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |
Search
zdmarriott
- Feb 17, 2022
- 2 min
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...
zdmarriott
- Feb 10, 2022
- 1 min
'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, 2022
- 7 min
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...
zdmarriott
- Jan 24, 2022
- 10 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 10 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 13 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 9 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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...
zdmarriott
- Nov 15, 2021
- 8 min
Variations on a Theme
I spend an awful lot of time thinking about theme. I didn't always - or at least, I didn't consider it in those terms. I think my...
zdmarriott
- Nov 11, 2021
- 7 min
Thursday Pick & Mix (#1)
Why do writers write? The answer, of course, is as varied and diverse as the writing community itself. Many writers say that they don't...
bottom of page