A Space to Write

A Space to Write

How easy is it to take a week off as an aspiring writer?

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Joanne Simmonds
Nov 10, 2023
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Since working as a postgraduate student, it’s not been easy to take a week away from writing, thinking, and reading. When I schedule a week away from my laptop, I end up reading or popping into the library or a bookshop because that’s me, and that’s my life. As a postgraduate student, deadlines were often after the hol…

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