{"id":2936,"date":"2020-04-20T13:47:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T12:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2020-04-20T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:23:43","slug":"dragan-todorovic-on-self-isolation-and-creative-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/2020\/04\/20\/dragan-todorovic-on-self-isolation-and-creative-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragan Todorovic on self-isolation and creative writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dragan Todorovic<\/a>, author and Lecturer in Creative Writing<\/a> in the School of English<\/a>, was interviewed by Steve Ladner on BBC Radio Kent’s Mid Morning<\/a> programme earlier this month.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Dragan discusses self-isolation due to COVID-19, creative writing and increased discipline and time to write. Dragan draws comparisons with works written during historical times of isolation, and the importance of these documents for future generations:<\/p>\n

‘Some of the hugely important books in the history of creative writing have been written in times of isolation of some sort, from Bocaccio\u2019s Decameron<\/em><\/a> to Apollinaire\u2019s Calligrammes<\/em><\/a> and many other books’, Dragan explains. ‘It\u2019s not only about the stories, but it\u2019s also a vital document of how people lived at the time. Everything written at this moment is a document of the time, and we owe it to future generations to write it and leave it for them’.<\/p>\n

Dragan also provides advice as to where new writers can start:<\/p>\n

‘You have to write about yourself. There is no good creative writing unless you know how to write about the self. Writing a memoir is a fantastic beginning for most people, but it\u2019s also very rewarding’.<\/p>\n

The full interview can be heard here:
\nhttps:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dragan-todorovic-2\/dragan-on-writing-in-times-of-crisis<\/a><\/p>\n

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