S5 Ep47: Zoe Williams, columnist and opinion writer

This week, the Guardian journalist Zoe Williams joins me on In Writing . I recorded with Zoe at her home in London just before Christmas. She's well-known in the UK as a prolific writer of features, confessional columns and political opinion, and she was as outspoken and entertaining in person as she is in print. She talked me through her ability to write 1000 words in 20 minutes, but then take six months to file one feature; the pros and cons of writing about her personal life; and the most useful tips she's picked up from newspaper editors. You can read Zoe in the Guardian here: Here's her piece on Marie Kondo (complete with pictures of Zoe's study, where we recorded this conversation): Here's her piece on time-management guru Julie Morgenstern: This season of In Writing is sponsored by Curtis Brown Creative. Use code INWRITING20 for £20 off one of their four, five, six, or ten-week online writing courses. Visit to find out more. Sign up for the In Writing newsletter and join my writers' community on Substack:

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S5 Ep47: Zoe Williams, columnist and opinion writer is an episode from In Writing with Hattie Crisell.

This episode is 49:08 long.

This episode was published on Mar 17, 2023.

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