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Design a Retreat in a Day

I swear by solo writing retreats as a way of engaging more deeply with my writing. Once a year I go…

Emylia Hall
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Retreat in a Day

Solo retreats have become essential to my writing process. I book a cottage somewhere remote – coastal spots are my favourite…

Emylia Hall
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Storyline

Write a synopsis of your story/book. But write it more like a storyline. Detail the series of events, over time. Make…

Kerry Young
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Storyline

A story/book has themes. It is about something – for example love, loss, grief, happiness, forgiveness, guilt, the meaning…

Kerry Young
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On Being Lost and Finding Yourself

Some writers need to have everything planned out before they can put pen to paper. Planners make complex charts, maps, character…

Wyl Menmuir
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On Being Lost and Finding Yourself

Once you’ve written a full first draft, distil your novel or short story to a single sentence: This is a…

Wyl Menmuir
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Reward your Writer-Self this Winter

Midwinter is a notoriously difficult time of year. It’s cold, it’s dark, it’s cold, and every screen and shop window and…

Clare Fisher
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Writing Resolutions for the New Year

Find a comfortable spot where you can write undisturbed for fifteen minutes.
First, write down three to five things about your…

Clare Fisher
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Vivid radio worlds

When it comes to creating vivid radio worlds that enable characters to ‘live’, it’s often helpful to start small and think…

Christopher William Hill
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Vivid radio worlds

It might seem a tired old cliché to suggest that ‘the pictures are better on radio’, but it’s hard to disagree….

Christopher William Hill
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Listen, Don’t Speak

Go to a café, a station, a park: somewhere with lots of strangers talking, eating, milling about. Sit quietly in a…

Laura Barnett
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Listen, Don’t Speak

There’s a thing creative writing students often say to me. They’ve heard a well-known author, or a fellow emerging one, talk…

Laura Barnett
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Face Your Writing Fears

Part One: Set a timer for five minutes and write down whatever comes into your mind when you hear…

Clare Fisher
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Face Your Writing Fears

Fear is a big part of writing. First, there’s what I’ll call the ‘outside’ fears: how will others receive it? What…

Clare Fisher
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Translation Exercise

Have a look at the Poetry Translation Centre’s website. They have lots of poems that are available in their original language…

Katrina Naomi
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Try Translation

Have you ever wanted to have a go at carrying out a translation but not known where to start? Or do…

Katrina Naomi