Rowan Fortune
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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