Black Friday Special: 40% off all online courses for today only
Black Friday Special: 40% off all online courses for today only To recognize Black Friday, we’ve got an extra-special, once-off sale on. Receive 40% off any of our online courses […]
Writing Secrets: Let the clues fall lightly
A woman in her late 40s has lived for some time entirely alone in a forest hut as a conservation ranger. A man travels through her area of the forest, […]
Monday Motivation: Seek to be honest, seek to be truthful
The world, our institutions, and our so-called opinion-makers, speak a great deal about facts v. fiction, about fake news v. the truth. But where does the writer of fiction stand […]
Got any story ideas? Join us for a free webinar on brainstorming
Brainstorm? Good idea? Join us on a free webinar We are committed to giving as much value as we can, and as many free offerings as we can manage. […]
Writing Secrets: We like a little bad – but not too much
We were recently approached for help with a writing project in which the writer wished her sole protagonist to be a true psychopath, who enjoyed killing. I’m not saying this […]
Join us for breakfast and some literary fun at Casa Labia on Saturday 7 December
The creative writing workshop will be of equal benefit to more experienced writers wanting to augment their skills, and to those with no experience at all, who are looking for a place to start.
Monday Motivation: This is how stories begin…
In the spirit of innovation and invention, let’s devote the next five minutes – yes, while it might take me an hour or two to compose these little missives, that’s […]
Writing Secrets: The humbling lessons we learn from writing
Writing can teach you as much about yourself as it can about the craft. Over the past weeks, I’ve been sharing with you the advice of a few of our mentoring participants – those who are writing a [...]
Monday Motivation: Story is alive and well on the small screen
Of course, we’re all members of the box-set society. No social gathering passes these days without someone asking for recommendations about the latest, or the best, or the overlooked gems […]
November Newsletter: Write your way to a more creative life
Write your way to a more creative life Today we launch our schedule of courses for 2020. They range from our mentoring programme to a Venetian retreat; from an […]
Writing Secrets: A little bridge over all that mud
The middle can be the most daunting part of the book to push through. The beginning rushes out after you’ve been thinking about your story for months. But the middle is where writers get stuck, [...]
Monday Motivation: Read like a writer, write like a champ
Writing can be hard. When you set out to write a scene, you are conjuring into existence circumstances, characters, actions and dialogue that you have never, in life, precisely encountered […]
