Every great writer learns by copying the great writers of the past. For centuries, this involved collecting verbal wonders in a “commonplace book“. In this episode I share something I’ve written for The Idler about my own commonplace book.

20. On the pleasure of copying out great writing by hand

A podcast about speaking and performance. It's ADEQUATE, because I can't do perfect.

The presenter is John-Paul Flintoff (me, the chap typing this sentence), author of seven books, published in 16 languages. 

One of them, A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech, was written after a mental health crisis - and I might talk about that sometimes. 

Find me at https://flintoff.org/

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A podcast about speaking and performance. It's ADEQUATE, because I can't do perfect. The presenter is John-Paul Flintoff (me, the chap typing this sentence), author of seven books, published in 16 languages. One of them, A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech, was written after a mental health crisis - and I might talk about that sometimes. Find me at https://flintoff.org/

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20. On the pleasure of copying out great writing by hand

20. On the pleasure of copying out great writing by hand