Writers block – it is Charles Bukowski’s fault

April 28, 2015 by · Leave a Comment
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I can’t write.  Maybe it’s because I spent a week transcribing an interview.  Maybe it’s all the shifts I’m doing at work.  Coming into the round I had nothing.  Determined to force it out, I had just sat down with a few thoughts and put my fingers on the keyboard when Kristine interrupted me.

‘We have to do the chicken,’ she said.

Charles Bukowski wrote about the AK47. I couldn't write about football.

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The effort of listening and typing

April 20, 2015 by · Leave a Comment
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I should be listening and transcribing.  Matt Zurbo gave me one job and I’m not doing it.  I hope he understands.

Matt’s writing a book about footy.  He’s under deadline.  He asked for volunteers to transcribe some of his interviews.  I volunteered and asked for an interview with a North player.

Matt Zurbo is asking for people to help him finish his book about football.

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    Welcome to the Ramble,

    My name is Matt Watson, avid AFL, cricket and boxing fan. Since 2005 I’ve been employed as a journalist, but I’ve been writing about sport for more than a decade. In that time I’ve interviewed legends of sport and the unsung heroes who so often don’t command the headlines.

    The Ramble, as you will find among the pages of this website, is an exhaustive, unbiased, non-commercial analysis of sport and life. I believe there is always more to the story. If you love sport like I do, you will love the Ramble…
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