The Book

Are Book-Writing And Film-Making The Same Thing?

in Moving Image, Philosophising, Printed Page, The Book, The Film

Subjects are nouns, their actions are verbs, their appearances adjectives. A sentence is a single shot, while a paragraph is a sequence of them. Paragraphs are built into chapters, and sequences are built into stories. Then chapters are assembled into books; stories into films. The viewfinder is my vocabulary. The focus … Continued →

Is This What They Mean By Writer's Block?

in Philosophising, The Book

I’m ashamed to say that I’m supposed to be writing my book right now. Or rather, editing it and rewriting as necessary. Having found the perfect location to work on the project, and having spent the last two days reading through the 87,000 words I put to rest back in … Continued →

Janapar: A Long-Awaited Title (Thanks To You)

in The Book, The Film

Writing and filming the bloody thing was the easy bit. After months of fruitless pondering and a last-minute flurry of readers’ ideas from Turn to Tom’s Bike Trip: What Not To Do If You Want To Cycle Round The World, it was only last night I finally decided on a … Continued →

Writer's Blog: On Adventure Travel Literature

in Printed Page, The Book

Why write a book anyway? There seems to be a welter of expedition and adventure literature hitting the shelves at the moment, along with a growing surge in high-profile expeditioning.

Writer's Blog: The End Of The Beginning

in Printed Page, The Book

It took quite a bit longer than expected, but suddenly, yesterday, I felt that the end of the book had appeared on the horizon. The hope is to finish the first draft within the next few days. Without much idea of how it would turn out, I began writing three months … Continued →