Trish and I have been working on a low carb diet for the past several months. Yes, I know it’s a fad and we’re being faddish, but we’re assured by all the experts that it’s good for us. Cutting sugar, loading up on protein, and focussing on fibre is a good basis for a healthy life – and it seemed to me, contemplating our dietary choices, that all the advice we were following applied perfectly to the craft of writing. This week on the water We writers can learn a thing or two from the low-carb...