Listen. A Wikipedia Hole is like a K-Hole for people who aren’t cool enough to do drugs. Plus, you’re not human unless ChatGPT has actively made you cry at least once, ok?
One of my favourite writers, Clive James, used to say that he was good at “turning a phrase until it catches the light”. I try to do that.
I don’t think I’ve ever written a happy ending before. Not that I don’t believe in them. I just find writing tortured characters much easier.
I have a tendency to name every protagonist ‘Simon’ in my first drafts, even the women… I don’t know why.
Sadie Kaye's new column, The Writer's Gauntlet, gets off to a celebrity start, thanks to the wit and support of Helen Lederer, fairy godmother to witty women everywhere and founder of the Comedy Women in Print Prize.