People Spit in My Pram A memoir. And 2 techniques to write your story. 8-station mind maps. 12-word chapters. Proven over 25 years. Posh women to prisoners.
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Chapter 14. People Spit in My Pram
‘Planets form from dust and gas in discs around young stars. When a star is born it is born with
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Chapter 13. How Angie Kills Her Dad
These are our modern stars. The third-generation stars. Made from the same plasma. Polluted by the first, and the second-generation
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Chapter 12. Not Another Fucking Jug
Writing this chapter I have discovered —
1. As instructed, for each day's mind-map, I always use the original
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Chapter 11. I Have Failed Her
The First Stars
Your 12-words chapters are the Big Bang. Expansion. The plasma. Anomalies gather into clouds of gas.
* Clouds
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Chapter 10. How to Make an 8-Station Mind-Map
I'm gonna teach you 8-station mind-mapping step by step. If I tell you why it will just fucking
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Chapter 9. Our Baby Universe
This is a really long one. I’m gonna go all physics on your arse to explain where we are
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Feb
Chapter 8. A Miracle
This is the final 12-words chapter.
1. Personal
Title: A Miracle
Object: Gravestones
12 Associations
1. Headstones
2. Pam
3.
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Feb
Chapter 7. Babushka’s Eggs
1. Personal
Title: Babushka's Eggs
Object: Russian Dolls
12 associations
1. Angela’s Ashes
2. The pictures
3.
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Jan
Chapter 6. Episodic Hero. Part 1.
1. Personal
Title. Episodic Hero. Part 1.
Object. The Star Trek Enterprise
12 associations.
1. The theme tune: https://www.
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Jan
Chapter 5. What Can My Passion Be If I Am Not Born David Attenborough
1. Personal
Title: What Can My Passion Be If I Am Not Born David Attenborough
Object: Dinosaurs on a beach