Monday Writing Motivation: How an editor’s advice helped make a masterpiece
On a BBC programme I heard a week or two ago, Lennie Goodings, a book editor with the Virago Press, presented the story of Max Perkins, a pioneer in creative […]
Writing Secrets: The art of setting creative intentions
I don’t like New Year’s resolutions at the best of times. If you made any last year, they were no doubt thrown into disarray. We’ve never experienced a time quite […]
Three quickfire tips for reading like a writer
Most writers start off as readers, and lovers, of good books. In his recent Monday Motivation blog posts, Richard has been sharing the lessons he has drawn from a reread […]
Three tips for nailing the ending of your story
Beginnings are exciting because you’re establishing the characters you’ve been developing, and, launching your great ideas. Middles are hard work because you need to keep people interested [...]
Book now to catch early bird specials for the last quarter of the year
Your goal for 2019 was to write more. Now’s your chance. We’ve just entered the last quarter of the year, and 2020 is beginning to peek over the horizon. We’d […]
You can achieve your writing dreams
Welcome to this month’s newsletter! What does every would-be writer need to achieve their dreams? You would probably say: time and space. Yet writers have created great literature in half [...]
Creative Writing Course – early bird special ends on 31 December
Your goal for 2018 is to become a better writer, but where do you start? We believe passionately in skills. You may be born with a particular talent for writing, […]
Last chance to join a creative writing course in 2017
Have you always wanted to write – a novel, a short story, a memoir – but never got beyond the first few pages? You might have written the book you’ve […]
