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Here’s a short, sharp piece of advice for writers who are encountering difficulty beginning a story. Let me set the scene. You’ve been playing with the idea for a new story – long or short – for [...]

Unusual sunsets, dramatic landscapes, dreamy seascapes have all inspired us to want to capture their essence in words. But I’d hazard that what writers find the most inspiring are not vistas and [...]

A couple of weeks ago I had coffee with another writer, who said he found it odd that some would-be writers talked indiscriminately about their writing. “Funny,” he said, “because it’s the last [...]