International Short Story Competition
Short FICTION is a high-quality British print and online journal, publishing some of the finest short stories from around the world. General submissions (up to 5000 words) can only be sent … Continue reading
Accept bad writing…Jennifer Egan QUOTES FOR WRITERS(and people who like quotes)
You can only write regularly if you’re willing to write badly… Accept bad writing as a way of priming the pump, a warm-up exercise that allows you to write well … Continue reading
A chance to be poet-in-residence at a London park – don’t let lack of experience stop from you applying
Are you a poet who likes flowers and people and parks? The Poetry School and London Parks and Gardens Trust have teamed up for a poet-in-residence training scheme centred on … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers: Norman Cornish – the miner’s artist
A quick five minute exercise: describe this scene, put in sounds – the children aren’t crossing in silence – and colour. Add tiny details: a button hanging by a thread, … Continue reading
Write by the Beach – an inspiring writing conference in Brighton April 2017
Bigger, better with TWO DAYS OF EXPERT WORKSHOPS plus a GUARANTEED ONE-TO-ONE with one of 15 brilliant agents and publishers, Write by the Beach is back. Organised by the Beach … Continue reading
Where Stephen King gets his ideas QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
So where do the ideas—the salable ideas—come from? They come from my nightmares. Not the night-time variety, as a rule, but the ones that hide just beyond the doorway that … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers – create a compelling character
What does his voice sound like? What does he say he wants? What does he really want? What doesn’t he want anyone else to know about him? This outstanding self-portrait … Continue reading
Poets: learn, share and celebrate at the Anglo-Portuguese Festival
Building Bridges Through Poetry April 27th -May 3rd 2017 Something very special… Experienced and pioneering poets are invited to join Casa dos Poetas for a week-long series of poetry workshops, readings, … Continue reading
…Writing is showbusiness for shy people…Lee Child QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers – the essence of a Mediterranean day
Hard to believe that a simple study of such an ordinary subject can capture the warmth of a Mediterranean day…It’s by the American painter John Singer Sargent and the staircase … Continue reading
What artists have to do in times of trouble – Toni Morrison QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, … Continue reading
Inspiring Pictures for Writers – Anne McGill’s atmospheric world
I don’t know the Northern Ireland artist Anne McGill but I have a print of one of works on my living room wall and every time I look at it … Continue reading
Get paid to write in Paris …sweet dreams are made of this…
The American Library in Paris is offering English- speaking writers of any nationality the opportunity to work in Paris for a month or longer with a Visiting Fellowship. Writers should … Continue reading
Even in Space there’s a Double Standard …quotes from Carrie Fisher
Movies are dreams! And they work on you subliminally. You can play Leia as capable, independent, sensible, a soldier, a fighter, a woman in control – control being, of course, … Continue reading
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