Embrace the melancholic voice completely in the drafting stages, to explore it for all it's worth. Then, in revision, privilege craft over pure feeling. Write the work that someone besides you will want to read.
I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I mi… - David Starkey
I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I mi…
- David Starkey
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was th… - David Starkey
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was th…
I think it's probably true that creative people are touched by melancholy more than the average person, and to the extent that delving into that shad… - David Starkey
I think it's probably true that creative people are touched by melancholy more than the average person, and to the extent that delving into that shad…
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had before. You took the fact th… - David Starkey
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had before. You took the fact th…
I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon. - David Starkey
I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon.
I admire writers who have the tenacity to write a blog, and I'm told by everyone that it's an important element in remaining visible in the online wo… - David Starkey
I admire writers who have the tenacity to write a blog, and I'm told by everyone that it's an important element in remaining visible in the online wo…
Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send i… - David Starkey
Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send i…
I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for t… - David Starkey
I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for t…
I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading. - David Starkey
I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading.
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