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Writing tips for stuck poets

We all have times when we get stuck in our writing. Either nothing comes, or we don’t feel inspired or galvanized…

Robert Seatter
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Colour

“Mere colour can speak the soul in a thousand different ways”, so said Oscar Wilde. And it’s…

Robert Seatter
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Suspenseful Secrets

Write a short scene involving two characters. They’re working together on a task or doing something relatively innocuous, such as having…

Sanjida Kay
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Structure of suspense

‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’
The wonderful opening line in Rebecca by Daphne…

Sanjida Kay
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Dear Writing Diary

I began keeping a Writing Diary back in 2010. I’d taken a self-styled sabbatical from my job in an advertising agency,…

Emylia Hall
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Starting a Writing Diary

If when you sit down to write you find yourself feeling too scattered to focus then perhaps you’re in need of…

Emylia Hall
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Lie to me

It can be surprisingly liberating to give your characters the freedom to lie in a play. Unburdened by the tedium of…

Christopher William Hill
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Lying to be truthful

How many times have you told a lie today? I don’t just mean a fib of earth-shattering importance, but any white…

Christopher William Hill
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Writing poems for children

What is different about writing for a young audience, I think, is that you have to either write the poem with…

Carole Bromley
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Rewriting fairy tales

Rewriting fairy tales is a very good starting point. You already know the story (and, if you don’t, you can google…

Carole Bromley
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Write like nobody’s watching

It seems to me that in many ways writing is “acting for shy people”. You get to inhabit all sorts of…

Chrissie Manby
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What are publishers looking for?

One of the questions that comes up at every writing workshop I’ve ever given or attended is ‘what are publishers looking…

Chrissie Manby
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Non-Fiction & Life Writing

Finding Your Voice

For memoir especially, the most important aspect is finding The Voice. Your voice. And the authenticity of that voice….

Sylvia Patterson
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Non-Fiction & Life Writing

If It’s Painful, You’re On To Something

Writing your own life story, or an integral part of it, isn’t easy. And it shouldn’t be, because life itself isn’t…

Sylvia Patterson

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Exercises for comedy dialogue

The key is not to look for something funny – because you can start with anything and make…

Helen Lederer

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Tips for comedy dialogue

1. Connecting factor
In order to make people laugh, the reader must connect immediately with the authenticity of the…

Helen Lederer

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