Friday Picture Writing Prompt – who knows where it will lead…
There’s a certain slant of light,on winter afternoons,That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes Emily Dickinson Using the image and the poem as a springboard, create an atmospheric passage of … Continue reading
START THE WEEK with a creative writing exercise – reclaim the word NICE
Hope’ is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never stops – at all – And sweetest – in the … Continue reading
Read Anything You Want. Just Read, says Matt Haig QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Read Emily Dickinson. Read Graham Greene. Read Italo Calvino. Read Maya Angelou. Read anything you want. Just read. Books are possibilities. They are Escape Routes. They give you options when … Continue reading
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: Synaesthesia
What colour is the letter “A”? What does the number “1” taste of? About 3% of the population have synaesthesia and live in a world of extra sensations. For many … Continue reading
P is for PERSON-IFICATION
Personification gives objects or abstract concepts a human voice or quality. We all use it in everyday speech: time races by, shoes kill us, the wind moans. Advertisers use it, … Continue reading
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: psychological horror
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR can take a magnifying glass to the conflict that exists within us – the battle between good and evil – as in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and … Continue reading
MONDAY creative writing exercise because it’s a good way to start the week. DESCRIPTION
This a great exercise for the days when you have no time to write. When you’re in the kitchen preparing dinner you can jot down ideas while the pasta is … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 