Live Afresh
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The ‘Aha!’ moment of the reader is also the instant the writer is liberated. To get there, write as if experiencing something for the first time.
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Make 'Em Smile: The Art of Using Humour
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Use humour on the page – especially in situations that aren’t at all funny…
Read MoreThe Extraordinary Lightness of Rock
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Words may be relative–and little bitty things at that–but they can contain and express the most vast.
Read MoreAdventures in Smell: the Drowsy Scent of Velvet-Petaled Roses
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The power of smell to evoke the world. If you can smell something, how do you find the words to convey that experience…?
Read MoreActing On Impulse
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The word emotion comes from the latin ex-movere meaning to move out into. The purpose of emotion is not just to feel…
Read MoreRadical New Year's Resolutions for Writers 2021
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For 2021, how about we give a load of stuff up? Let’s bring THE END to the things that aren’t serving our writing. It’s easier to do it together, don’t you think?
Read MoreCrisis and Opportunity
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The response to the Wild Words Competition for this half year (it closed last night), has been amazing, but the high number of entries perhaps not surprising…
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Winter Solstice Competition Runner-up: Hannah Ray, with You Were Born in a Pandemic