About William Corner
I’ve always considered myself a bit of a Jack of all trades, with interests in both creative and technical fields (writing, photography, music, web development, video editing, audio production). I think I identified this pretty early on, whenever we were first asked to consider careers at school, although, at that time, my current profession didn’t even exist.
This has always left me torn somewhat between an interest in the messy, organic sphere of human experience and culture (the poet), and an often obsessive focus on how to operate equipment or use computer software (the technician).
I’ve come to focus on two things in the here and now: creative writing, which I’ve pursued on-and-off from an early age, and web development – my current profession.
For many years I worked as an English language teacher, spending a short time in Bangalore, India and a much longer time in Yokohama/Tokyo, Japan. I also worked in London, helping to set up a Summer School programme that combined learning English with many creative activities, including all those listed above.
I’ve spent more than 10 years in web design and development, working in-house, as a freelancer and as a full-time developer at creative agencies.
In 2021, I took an ‘Intermediate Fiction’ course at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich to get involved in writing at a social level and to help me with my current project. Since then, I’ve been part of a creative writing group, which aims to meet once a month to discuss our work and progress.
My writing often focuses on how thoughts and feelings are connected to a sense of place.
I’m hoping to get an initial version of my project, ‘The Seams of the City’, published online sometime in 2023. I’ll be documenting notes about it, along with any shorter pieces, on this website.