The Impossibility of Words: A Linguist’s Cure for Writer’s Block
Dr Jodie Clark
Friday 11 October 2024, 18:30
Free
What makes words impossible? To the blocked writer, words can be an elusive currency, stubbornly refusing to flow. For linguists, words present a different challenge—how to define them. What makes a word a word? What distinguishes a word from a morpheme or a clause?
In this interactive online workshop linguist and fiction writer Dr Jodie Clark will share her unique perspectives on the creative possibilities of language structure with inspiring tips to help writers get beyond the blank page.
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The Long Knives - Irvine Welsh in conversation with Nick Ahad
14th Oct, 19:30
Online
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The Long Knives - Irvine Welsh in conversation with Nick Ahad
14th Oct, 19:30
Online
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Read: The Dear Sister Anthology
For the Dear Sister project, its participants wrote letters to "sisters"—inspirational women in their lives. Read the anthology.
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