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Wyl Menmuir

Wyl Menmuir

British novelist

Sep 28, 2026

1:44
Over to Will.
1:46
When I decided to take writing a novel really seriously, I was working in the centre of London in Covent Garden and I found it really, really hard to write.
1:57
Possibly because...
1:59
There was so much going on and there was so many distractions and I'm really, I'm eminently distractible.
2:08
So if someone invited me to a party or a dinner or to the theatre or the opera or anything like that, I'd always say yes because I'm really, really interested in all of those things and I will usually choose that other option.
2:27
And it was only when I moved to Cornwall or started spending more time in Cornwall that I realised that I didn't... always feel that way.
2:36
So when I was by the water, I found that my mind was calmer somehow and maybe more open to sitting with the same thought for longer.

11 MINS LATER

13:22
I was interested to hear if Will still feels the positive effects of water.

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