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WANT TO WRITE? Not sure where to start? Try one of the 30 imaginative exercises in BACK TO CREATIVE WRITING SCHOOL gifgifs Until next midnight Sunday December 6th you can … Continue reading
What a good short story should do — Alice Munro Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
I want my stories to be something about life that causes people to say, not, oh, isn’t that the truth, but to feel some kind of reward from the writing, … Continue reading
Is this the worst sentence of the year?
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets … Continue reading
A CHAIN STORY for you to write….your go next
Same rules as last time…write up to two sentences at a time (and remember that Go! is a perfectly good sentence). You can have as many turns as you like … Continue reading
Five minutes is better than no minutes — Quotes for Writes (and people who like quotes)
Five minutes of writing a day is better than no minutes. Too many new writers think that unless they have plenty of time, it’s not worth booting up the computer … Continue reading
Write for Radio and TV
TV and radio drama brings great stories to life like nothing else. From Radio 4’s Afternoon Play to peak-time drama on the TV networks, audiences love to lose themselves in … Continue reading
Our weird and wonderful chain story
One Week 13 writers (+ me) 29 comments Here’s the result….probably won’t win any prizes, but if you like pulsating purple orbes and moving dead bodies, read on. How did … Continue reading
Quotes for the People of Paris, for Everyone
Every Sunday I post a quote from a writer, usually about writing, sometimes about the bigger world we all inhabit. That didn’t seem appropriate after the events in Paris on … Continue reading
What not to do if you want to be published
If you are thinking of submitting a manuscript to a publisher or agent you really should read this list of 29 DON’Ts from Carole Blake of the Blake Friedmann Literary … Continue reading
Writing a chain story together – your turn
I’m not teaching at the moment – I said goodbye to the funny, talented and very creative class on Beach Hut Writing Academy’s course Write a Prize Winning Story last … Continue reading
Not everyone can – or should – be a ballet dancer or a writer – Joanne Harris Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
The truth is, not everyone can – or should – be a writer, in the same way that not everyone can or should be an accountant, or a ballet dancer, … Continue reading
The FIVE best unreliable narrators in fiction (according to me)
As readers we tend to be on the side of the narrator. We trust what he or she says – we have no one else to tell us what happened … Continue reading
DO YOU KNOW where the word spam comes from?
An actor named Kenneth Daigneau won a competition to name the new tinned meat product. His suggestion is supposed to be a blend of spiced and ham. Then, in the 1970s, the … Continue reading
What novels can teach you – Barrack Obama Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
… the most important stuff I’ve learned I think I’ve learned from novels…It has to do with empathy. It has to do with being comfortable with the notion that the … Continue reading
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