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Ashleigh Kay

writer | editor | always plays a bard

  • About Me
  • Fiction
    • Coal Dust: Excerpt
    • Working Title
    • A Live Studio Audience
    • Nineties Kid
    • Scenes from a Road Movie
    • The Stars / Les Etoiles
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    • Unmasked!
    • Ticker Tape Kings
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    • A Breach at Stronghold
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    • Museum of the Western World
    • Trev’s Books: Unpacking my Grandfather’s Library
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    • Archie Out of Context
    • Inspire Courage Crafts
    • Game of Thrones Irreverent Recaps
    • The Savannah Stories
    • The Commune
    • Travel and the Art of Mental Maintenance: Introduction
    • The Decade in Film: Introduction
    • Black Paintings in a White Wing
    • So We’ve Yet to Find a Decent World Map with South Sudan
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Tag: creativity

Rifling through your Wordhoard

Are write-ins and feedback sessions valuable? Or does routinely sharing first drafts lead to writer's block?

Ashleigh Kay Blog Posts, Writing Leave a comment May 14, 2018June 9, 2020 5 Minutes

Reworking a Draft

How many drafts is too many? When do you know to let a piece of writing go?

Ashleigh Kay Writing Leave a comment March 22, 2018June 9, 2020 2 Minutes

A Happy New Year with Every Day Fiction!

In which I cap off a dark year by publishing a dark piece.

Ashleigh Kay News Leave a comment December 31, 2017June 5, 2020 1 Minute

Breaking Down the Writer’s Block

Hit a creative block? Switch up your writing habits to get yourself over the hump.

Ashleigh Kay Writing Leave a comment December 27, 2017June 9, 2020 2 Minutes

Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet for Novels

Can't quite pin-point the problems with your first draft? Struggling with an outline? The Beat Sheet is here to help.

Ashleigh Kay Writing Leave a comment November 29, 2017June 9, 2020 11 Minutes

On Keeping a Log-Line Book

Pitching a story in a single phrase not only gets you to the heart of a complicated mess, but can help brainstorm future projects.

Ashleigh Kay Writing Leave a comment November 22, 2017June 9, 2020 1 Minute

Triangulating the Text

Understanding what it is you like as reader will help you figure out what to do as a writer.

Ashleigh Kay Writing Leave a comment November 2, 2017June 9, 2020 2 Minutes

The Importance of Just Getting it Done

First drafts don't have to be perfect, they just have to be complete.

Ashleigh Kay Writing Leave a comment September 27, 2017June 9, 2020 5 Minutes

Vancouver Notables: Ashleigh Rajala

In which Sad Mag kindly label me as "notable."

Ashleigh Kay News Leave a comment August 16, 2017June 5, 2020 1 Minute

The Winter Months

Sometimes I feel like an asshole for complaining about the winter when I live in Vancouver. I see photos posted by friends who live elsewhere in Canada and they deal with Real Winter. Real Winter, to me, is snow and toques and leaving for work half-an-hour early to navigate the ice. Real Winter only really lasts a day … Continue reading The Winter Months →

Ashleigh Kay Writing 2 Comments February 13, 2015June 9, 2020 5 Minutes

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