We’ll help you write a short story in a weekend
Join our virtual weekend course from which participants will emerge with the first draft of a short story. We will encourage and mentor you through the process of developing story, from [...]
Monday Motivation: A brief introduction to the short story
Maddingley Hall is a large manor house on the outskirts of Cambridge. It was built by Sir John Hynde, a prominent judge in the reign of Henry VIII, and his son Francis in the mid-sixteenth [...]
Monday Motivation: Good writers say it simply
It’s an old story oft told but one worth telling and retelling: simple is best, clear is most beautiful. It’s true that writing requires artifice and contrivance. Threaded through even the [...]
Writing Secrets: A character needs ‘oomph’ to power a story
We recently advised one of our mentoring programme participants that a protagonist “lacked oomph”. The character ran away from problems and relied on others to rescue her. I didn’t respect her as [...]
Writing Secrets: One magical point for better writing
Remember just this one magical point, and you’ll be an infinitely better writer for it. There’s great power in specific details. I was recently asked: “But surely some specific details, about [...]
