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A day on writing about place, for twelve people who bring something they are stuck on.

Practical rather than inspirational. Everyone brings a piece they are stuck on, we read three of them properly, and everybody leaves with an exercise that works. Twelve is the maximum and there is a reason for it.

Who it is for — A day on writing about place, for twelve people who bring something they are stuck on.

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Three novels about places people stay in, and two hundred essays about looking at one thing closely. Written in longhand, mostly before eight in the morning.

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The essays are free and there are two hundred of them. If you would rather have the books, they are all in print and available from any bookshop that will order them.

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