How to write sound – putting an accent on the page
The way we use language differs depending on whether we are speaking it or writing it and that difference has to come across on the page. But what about how … Continue reading
Announcing the birth of something completely different in creative writing…
I’ve taught writing in art galleries and museums, draughty church halls and university lecture theatres. I’ve met some amazing people and I’m proud to say that I am still in … Continue reading
In college, at work, retired? Remember you can always go Back to Creative Writing School
I had a lot of fun playing around with PHOTOFUNIA, an online picture editing tool that has just celebrated its eight birthday. It lets you produce imaginative and wish fulfilment … Continue reading
Writing Exercise from the archives: Historical Fiction
This is straightforward lucky dip. Choose two numbers – both have to be between one and ten. The first number gives you a personal event and the second a historical … Continue reading
Writing Exercise from the Archives: connect three pictures…and suddenly you have a story
Don’t censor yourself just write. Don’t cross out. Just write. Try to keep your hand moving across the page or the keyboard. A lot of what you are going to … Continue reading
You’ve got to be part of a Holy Trinity to produce great writing
….in order to create quality prose we need to craft, project a unique character’s voice, and review our own work from the objective stance of a reader. A tall order, … Continue reading
How self-published authors can stop shooting themselves in the foot
A lot of self-published authors ruin the book they have worked so hard to create by thinking they can design their own cover. Many want to shoehorn in a lot … Continue reading
Writing in Portugal – an update
September in Portugal – hours of sunshine, hours of writing under a big sky, a chance to experience a different side of Portuguese life…good company and good conversation about books … Continue reading
Join me on inspirational writing holidays in Portugal 2015 and 2016
GOOD WRITING is about discovering ways to break away from the ordinary and the routine, about finding stories that are important to you and telling them in the way only … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to the great W.B
William Butler Yeats by John Singer Sargent 1908 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and writer, senator and winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature is 150 years old today. … Continue reading
Three literary devices to add zing to your prose…
I’m a long time fan of Janice Hardy’s Fiction University. With over 1000 well-written and thought-provoking articles available for free online on such subjects as writing, editing and selling your … Continue reading
8 Tips for Editing a Manuscript
Originally posted on Black Lilac Kitty Book Reviews:
A writer/author should make the manuscript the best it can be before sending it to the publisher. This goes for both traditional…
9 famous authors rejected by publishers (comfort for emerging writers)
I enjoyed reading the article published by The Writers Circle website about famous authors who were not only rejected (in one case 800 times), but also had to suffer crushing … Continue reading
Creative Writing Course in Brighton starting in April
I’m returning to teaching in April and, as the course has been heavily oversubscribed, we have decided to run a second on the same day so if you’ve ever wanted … Continue reading
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