29 June 2021
What a day. I met my producer at Claridges today. Our first viewing of Madeleine as a final cut. I got there early so took the chance to...
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Eva Adams
Aug 18, 20202 min
Writer's Voice
My voice is louder in writing than it is in speaking. It's easier to express myself on the page. Well, at least that’s what I always thought
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Eva Adams
Feb 4, 20202 min
What have you survived?
When I first saw this Hemingway quote I couldn’t help feeling it made him sound a bit arrogant and smug. However, it also happens to be...
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Eva Adams
Jan 1, 20204 min
New Year's Eve
So, it’s finally arrived. My first New Year’s Eve alone in more than twenty years. In fact, now I come to think of it, it may be my first
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Eva Adams
Oct 11, 20182 min
Great writers are never boring
A skilled writer is not necessarily a great one. I believe it is the qualities writers possess, rather than just their skills, that make...
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Eva Adams
Sep 30, 20183 min
What's yoga got to do with writing?
Great writing, like great music or art, is highly physical. Well, at least for me it is. I know I’ve written well when I feel utterly...
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Eva Adams
Jul 16, 20182 min
Sighted In Gaza
I read Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley many years ago and its title has stayed with me ever since. Gaza, in the sense of our...
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Eva Adams
Apr 24, 20184 min
The writing business
I’ve been quiet on here for a while. For the best of reasons. I’m concentrating on my novel which is taking up more and more of my time...
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Eva Adams
Mar 7, 20183 min
Getting ready to write
I get ready for writing, the way I would get ready for a date. A very special date coming to visit me at my house. My eyes scan the...
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Eva Adams
Feb 28, 20183 min
Snow, snow, snow
I woke up to a winter wonderland this morning and almost ran to the park. I couldn’t wait to get there. I know it sounds a bit weird,...
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Eva Adams
Feb 27, 20184 min
Breaking through the clouds
I do my best thinking and story creation when I take the limits of time and schedule away. All my best stories have come to me this way....
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Eva Adams
Sep 18, 20172 min
f****** awesome!
I've got home after the last day of the London Screenwriters' Festival absolutely buzzing and high as a kite (no drugs involved!). I've...
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Eva Adams
Aug 16, 20172 min
When do I write?
At first, although I tried to write everyday I didn’t always succeed. Then I came across Go Into the Story and found tons of invaluable...
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Eva Adams
Aug 15, 20171 min
Where do I write?
The short answer is, just about anywhere. That's what I love most about writing. You can do it anywhere, anytime. However, I do have...
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Eva Adams
Aug 14, 20173 min
How do I write?
Finding my voice has been perhaps the most difficult struggle of the last year (writing how others think I’m supposed to write,...
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Eva Adams
Aug 13, 20172 min
Why do I write?
The quick answer is that I simply have to. It’s my way of making sense of the world and it’s also my playground in that I can create my...
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Eva Adams
Aug 12, 20172 min
A promise to myself
At the end of last year I made a promise to myself. I'd just lost my job and as I started filling in endless job applications, I...
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