23 April 2018
What makes a writer? How do you become one? When I was younger, even asking those questions seemed to disqualify me: a writer isn't something one becomes, I thought, a writer just is. Despite writing, rewriting and reading all through my 20s, I was no closer to completing, let alone publishing, a novel. I realised I would need help if I was going to succeed, and I applied to several creative writing MAs.
