editing

Rowan Fortune

Mar 11
6 min

Femme in Lewisham, a vignette

From God Emperors to Innocent Games I am sitting in a café, in East London. Although it has the trappings of a Costa copycat, it is...

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Rowan Fortune

Jan 21
5 min

Reading Deeply

Reading Jan Fortune's book, Writing Down Deep. I have no time for stories that lie. I don’t mean stories that are imaginary or...

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Rowan Fortune

Jul 2, 2022
3 min

Dialogic Consciousness

From conversations to theory and art. In conversation, we can hold thoughts and reflect on problems sometimes for hours on end. This is...

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Rowan Fortune

Oct 16, 2021
5 min

Atomisation of the Short Story

On teaching the short story Although I love to talk at length on my passions, sometimes oblivious to the social cues and niceties that...

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Rowan Fortune

Sep 18, 2021
6 min

Adding Variables to Writing

On overcoming writing procrastination. The alleged problem of writer’s block is, in truth, often one of various different and deeper...

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Rowan Fortune

Jul 17, 2021
4 min

An Essay A Week

In this piece I look at the value I have found from writing and publishing one essay per week. For a considerable time, I have been...

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Rowan Fortune

Jun 26, 2021
4 min

Editing and Totality

The complete novel and the role of an editor. The great balancing act of (especially) creative editing (as distinguished from, say,...

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Rowan Fortune

May 14, 2021
5 min

A Utopia of Writing

This is part of a #FridayFlashback series of re-edited and rereleased essays. This essay is a look at Andrey Platonov’s essay ‘Factory of...

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Rowan Fortune

Apr 23, 2021
4 min

You Have Only Your Silence to Lose

This is part of a #FridayFlashback series of re-edited and rereleased essays. The essay is about twhy the left must learn to write. It...

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Rowan Fortune

Feb 20, 2021
3 min

On Collaboration

A brief look at some of my recent collaborative projects. For the last few years, I have worked on various collaborative projects,...

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Rowan Fortune

Nov 6, 2020
6 min

Spoilers & Other (fictional) Atrocities

This is part of a #FridayFlashback series of rereleased essays. In this piece, published May 17 2019, I argue that the spoiler is an...

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Rowan Fortune

Oct 10, 2020
7 min

Writing Histories

On history and fiction... Henri found himself looking at the sky again—a clear, black crystal dome overhead. It was difficult for the...

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Rowan Fortune

Aug 1, 2020
4 min

Advice for Clients

Five things to consider first before hiring an editor.

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Rowan Fortune

Jul 8, 2020
1 min

Edited work now available

Novels/Stories/Memoirs: The Million Dollar Irishman by Chris McGale (Amazon UK) Essential Atrocities by George Daniel Lea (Amazon UK)...

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