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TIPS & EXERCISES

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Writing for Children & YA

What if?

Start with a scenario – this might be a random picture, a very short scene from a novel, a few lines…

Emma Carroll YA Children Writing Tutor
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Avoid getting stuck: use multiple notebooks

Writing can be hard, particularly if you’re stuck at a certain point. It’s easy to feel tied to the last thing…

Alexis Zegerman
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50 shades of character – 50 character questions

As a writer, you need to know your characters better than they know themselves. The way to believable, complex, story-laden characters…

Alexis Zegerman
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Accepting what reality offers you

When you make a journey take a notebook with you. Whether it’s to the corner shop or the other side of…

Tim Pears
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ARVON BLOG

Irene Hossack – The Literary Life

15 Jan 2019 / #Arvon50

The Literary Life
I have found my place at Lumb Bank,
a wooden bench outside the communal dining room,
away from…

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Ben Bransfield – #Arvon50

08 Jan 2019 / #Arvon50

It was an English teacher at school who first introduced me to the word ‘Arvon’, after having seen that creative writing…

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Carmina Masoliver – Shaneeka is not your friend anymore

03 Jan 2019 / #Arvon50

I was fortunate enough to be taken on a funded Arvon course by Apples & Snakes as part of The Writing…

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Wyl Menmuir – #Arvon50

26 Dec 2018 / #Arvon50

I wrote the first thousand words of what became my debut novel at a small desk overlooking the fields at the…

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OPPORTUNITIES

Call for submissions: Spotlight Books

Creative Future, Myriad Editions and New Writing South seek the best poets and fiction writers from under-represented backgrounds—those who face barriers due to mental health, disability, identity or social circumstance. We’re looking for manuscripts of fiction (8-10,000 words) and poetry (40-45 pp. at 20 lines/page). Six writers will be selected, supported to polish their manuscripts and further their careers, and be published in individual short books.

MIX Experiential Storytelling Conference

MIX has established itself as an innovative forum for the discussion and exploration of writing and technology, attracting an international cohort of contributors from the UK, Australia, and Europe as well as North and South America. This year’s conference has been created to give time and space to instigate conversations around digital writing with a focus on experiential storytelling, including immersive technologies and new forms of publishing, from transmedia and poetry film to virtual reality to AI in storytelling. The Call for Papers has a deadline of 4 February. MIX 2019 will take place 1st – 2nd July 2019 at Corsham Court campus in Wiltshire.

Emerging Writers Programme – London Library

The Emerging Writers Programme is open to anyone who is committed to pursuing a career in writing (for publication or performance) and wants to develop their work. The initiative offers writers at the start of their writing career one year’s membership to The London Library alongside writing development masterclasses, literary networking opportunities, peer support and guidance in use of the Library’s resources. The Programme runs from 2 May 2019 – 1 May 2020, applications open today and close in early March.

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