…Picnic baskets and modern art…Tom Stoppard QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. Tom Stoppard
See the music, feel the rhythm…ART FOR WRITERS
This linocut by the English artist Cyril Power is full of music and rhythm. It was made in the early 1930s and shows just what you can do with … Continue reading
…pain, loss, regret – the stuff of drama Harold Pinter QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
I think plays have nothing to do with one’s own personal life. Not in my experience, anyway. The stuff of drama has to do, not with your subject matter, anyway, … Continue reading
Is there anything you can’t write about? ART FOR WRITERS
I’m guessing that most people have seen Claude Monet’s paintings of water lilies in his garden at Giverny, near Paris. He began painting them in 1899 and didn’t stop for … Continue reading
Write a short story about food and drink for a chance to win £10,000 prize
Food and drink must be at the heart of the story you enter for The Mogford Prize. It could be a life-changing conversation over lunch; a romance in a cafe; … Continue reading
“…A story is how we construct our experiences…” Doris Lessing QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Humanity’s legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences. At the … Continue reading
“Why do men feel threatened by women?” asked Margaret Atwood QUOTES FOR WRITERS and everyone
Given the events over the last few weeks , I thought it would be a good idea to post the words of Margret Atwood: Why do men feel threatened by … Continue reading
A Painting that tells a different story to everyone who views it…ART FOR WRITERS
Last week’s offering (A Victorian genre painting) was almost hyper realistic. In contrast, Jack Yeats makes the viewer do a lot of work. This is an ambiguous painting and the title … Continue reading
A new indy publishing company is doing things differently in the search for new writing talent.
époque press is very new. They only opened for business a couple of weeks ago, but clearly a lot of hard work has gone into to building a company capable … Continue reading
Once you read a book you care about…QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and readers)
Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you. Louis L’Amour What books are always with you? The first book that came … Continue reading
Get under the skin of a Victorian genre painting ART FOR WRITERS
There is almost a ready-made story here. Nameless and Friendless is the most famous work of Emily Mary Osborn. She specialised in painting women in distress which has made critics … Continue reading
Neither all instruction, nor all entertainment, say Margaret Atwood QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
If it’s all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it’s all entertainment, you read it quite quickly, your heart going pitty-pat, pitty-pat. But … Continue reading
International flash fiction Competition has big prizes for small stories
This competition is truly international as entries are accepted in four languages: English, Spanish, Arabic and Hebrew. The winner of the contest administered by the Museum of Words in Madrid … Continue reading
Believe the Unbelieveable ART FOR WRITERS
I believe in this girl. I believe she is real and holding the cold (dying?) fish close to her heart, at least while I’m looking at this picture by Diego … Continue reading
