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    EXPERIMENTING WITH FORM

    Feb 04, 2021 5 minutes

    Of all the things a writer can get stuck in (lifts, cupboards, sleeping bags full of jam) a rut is probably the worst. Unless you’ve got a spectacularly hairy back, that is, because I imagine jam’s probably hell to wash out when it gets all matted into your fur like that.

    The trouble is they’re extremely easy to get into (ruts, not sleeping bags full of jam). We find something that works for us and we stick with it. Why wouldn’t we? If it works, don’t fiddle about with it! Or should we…?

    And the answer is a resounding, ‘maybe?’

    To date I’ve written 24 novels (three of which will never be released), a collection of short stories, a picture book for twisted children, and a handful of novellas (one of which is so rude and silly that I’ve been banned from publishing it), so the appeal

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