You’ve got the talent, now learn to use it
I wish I had a coin for every time we’ve been asked: “But can you teach creative writing?” Here’s the way we usually answer it. If you’re writing now or […]
Life is just a box of stories (and writing courses)
The logic of story Our 14-day coaching programme, The Logic of Story, begins in just four short days on May 7. It explores the ways in which writers can “glue” […]
Monday Motivation: We’re all no more than muddles. Hooray!
Paul O’Rourke is a New York dentist, and the eccentric hero of Joshua Ferris’s Man Booker short-listed novel To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. Ferris is a dazzling young […]
Writing Secrets: Don’t spell things out – a lesson
If we read like writers, we’ll find lessons – on what to do and what not to do – in everything we read. I recently found this lesson in the […]
The art of writing great scenes
The building blocks of drama We all recognize the scenario. We’ve got the story – or at least the beginning and the end – in our heads. We know our […]
Writing at your leisure
As our tenth anniversary year draws to a close, we are feeling very grateful. We’d like to say a huge thank you to our supportive community. We would never have […]
Monday Motivation: Balancing act
The challenge I posed a group of scribblers was to write a scene in which a trivial disagreement masks much deeper conflict between two characters. How to insinuate the presence […]
Writing Secrets: It may be pacey, but take your time
One of our mentoring participants has held us in suspense for roughly 70 000 words. (In tranches of 5 000 words a month, that’s quite some wait). I’m not going to tell […]
Creative Writing Coaching
And the winner of our tenth anniversary challenge is…
We had a bumper crop of excellent entries for our tenth anniversary challenge – and they kept on tumbling in until the very last moment, just minutes before deadline. In […]
Wrap up the year with a writing workout
We’re ending the year with a 10-Day Writing Workout and we’d love you to join us. Give us just an hour of your busy day for ten days, and […]
Monday Motivation: The bigger the story, the slower the telling
I’m now onto the sixteenth CJ Box novel which documents the adventures of his Wyoming game and fisheries warden, Joe Pickett. Why have I become so addicted to the series? […]
