Writing tagged: ‘Charles Darwin’
-
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’
Six months of illness, and lots of botany.
-
Charles Darwin’s book-writing process
Charles Darwin’s approach to book-writing went through four key stages…
-
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’
Poking around in flowers’ private parts.
-
Charles Darwin’s note-making system
An exploration of how Darwin kept track of his various notes, enabling him to produce a huge body of work.
-
Converting my notes into a chapter
How I used my note-making system to research and write a chapter of my Darwin book.
-
Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’
The Pros and Cons of tying the knot • prehistoric invention • Ernest Shackleton • W.G. Sebald • swallows • comma splices • Amy Liptrot • Kapka Kassabova • and more…
-
Newsletter No. 25: ‘Painting the Forth Bridge’
On the undefinitiveness (I made that word up) of factual writing. Plus some cool links and book recommendations.
