May newsletter: Let’s hear it for our community
Let’s hear it for our community We’d like to take a moment to applaud you, the talented writers who make up our community. We’d like to celebrate your achievements and, in so doing, [...]
Monday Writing Motivation: Provoke your reader’s curiosity
Covid has provided us with a real-life example of something critical to every form of creative writing. It has shown us how, when things stop happening, time becomes muddled and we lose [...]
Last chance to enrol for the Creative Writing Course
Our flagship Creative Writing Course kicks off on Saturday 10 April 2021. This comprehensive online creative writing course is designed to provide you with the skills and tools every writer needs [...]
What’s On in March: Our flagship Creative Writing course, a free webinar, a Memoir Workshop, and more!
This March, we’ve got something on offer for every kind of writer, and every kind of writing project. The month kicks off with our Power of Writing Course, specially designed for beginner [...]
You’re Invited: Saturday “Show Don’t Tell” Writing Workshop
Show, don’t tell. It’s one of the most oft-repeated pieces of writing advice, yet it is frequently misunderstood. To paraphrase Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, “Don’t [...]
Monday Writing Motivation: A love letter in the River Great Ouse
The marina in which our houseboat is anchored is connected via a channel to the River Great Ouse. In these covid-raddled months, when rain, wind and ice allow, Trish and I launch our inflatable [...]
Monday Motivation: Is your story outline a fossil or a blueprint?
How do you generate story? There seems an obvious answer to that: you imagine a series of events involving and challenging a character whose responses will then constitute your narrative. Well, [...]
