Safari Friday searching the web for writers and readers — a new home for short stories on the web
Like short stories? Want to read more or find a home for those you write? ReadWave – a short story website based in London that has attracted a big following … Continue reading
Experimental writing at Brighton Digital festival
RICHARD HEARN of Paragraph Planet is back to explain about Geo-Writing at the Digital Festival and how everyone can get involved. Geo-writing is an experimental project in which writers can … Continue reading
Flash Fiction with an edge at Brighton Digital Festival
The Brighton Digital Festival is currently running throughout September and there’s a whole host of events and opportunities for writers. Today and tomorrow RICHARD HEARN writer, magazine columnist and creator of … Continue reading
Monday Creative Writing – In dialogue do we have to stick with HE SAID, SHE SAID?
Bestselling crime writer Elmore Leonard, who died last month aged 87, had 10 Rules for Writing. Number three was Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. “The … Continue reading
Five of the best essays on the late, great Seamus Heaney
Originally posted on Irish Writing Blog:
Seamus Heaney (Photo: Jon Parker Lee) There has been no shortage of published work on Seamus Heaney over the last few days. Here are…
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Seamus Heaney
I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world – Seamus Heaney … Continue reading
A chance to go behind the scenes of radio drama
We are so used to hearing stories, book adaptions and full length plays on BBC Radio 4 that it is easy to forget just how fortunate we are to be … Continue reading
Safari Friday searching the web for writers and readers — Letters of Note
This week I want to introduce you to a gem of a website. Letters of Note publishes fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes and memos. It is updated frequently – most … Continue reading
A Twitter Confession
Looking back at the posts written a year ago when I first started this blog I’m a bit embarrassed about one in particular. My list of the kind of people … Continue reading
CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE looking back at the most popular
As it has been a year since I started this blog I’m going to look at some of the posts I’ve written over the last 12 months and here is … Continue reading
A Plea for Plain English
Originally posted on The Proof Angel blog:
This is a memo to the War Cabinet headed “Brevity”. It is a bit depressing how little progress has been made. ‘To do…
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) What writers should do – Natalie Goldberg
Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the centre of chaos, … Continue reading
Writing Your Family Biography
I’m running a non fiction course for students in London who want to learn how to use writing techniques to transform the bare bones of family history into a gripping … Continue reading
Carnival of Blogging Advice for Writers – to celebrate my first year on WordPress
What’s a carnival when it’s on a blog and not on a village green with the smell of candy floss in the air? (For American readers I think that should … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 