Sunday 3 May 2015

Is Success Dangerous for Writers? – Heather Dyer




Once published, writers often find themselves under pressure to produce a second book within a certain time frame. This creates conditions under which it can be difficult to be creative.

In the following interview by Julia Copus, I explain how publication led to a 5-year writing block, and reveal what needed to happen for my creativity to return: 

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Heather Dyer - children's author and Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow

  • For enquiries about creative writing workshops for children or adults, or editorial services, go to www.heatherdyer.co.uk




5 comments:

Joan Lennon said...

That was a really interesting listen - thanks, Heather!

Dianne Hofmeyr said...

We'll all be off writing Haiku... a wonderful release I imagine. No restrictions! No plot! Thks for the marvellous idea.

Heather Dyer said...

Thanks both. A good site for learning about and teaching haiku here:
http://haiku.insouthsea.co.uk/

Penny Dolan said...

Thanks so much for posting this, Heather. It's a situation with which I have plenty of sympathy.
NB. ABBA READERS: Although the talk is 25 minutes, it's well worth hearing. I listened with the pause button ready, so I could a) pause and think about the different stages of the talk and b) go and refill my coffee mug etc. along the way. I also started writing down some of Heather's phrases for myself - won't quote as you'll probably want to note down some of your own! What a great RLF initiative!

Heather Dyer said...

Thanks Penny! Yes, there are lots of other interviews on that RLF site, and more coming...