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The less you reveal, the more your reader feels. That's this week's writing lesson — and it applies whether you're writing thrillers, literary fiction, or memoir.

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These are the four questions we explored in our la

These are the four questions we explored in our latest free memoir writing webinar – and the answers from participants were extraordinary.

If you’re thinking about writing your memoir, start by answering these for yourself.

Full tips and replay on the blog – link in bio.

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Anne Lamott said it best: "You own everything that

Anne Lamott said it best: "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."

The first rule of memoir writing? Write the story. Whatever happened to you, you own it.

Too often we're put off by worries: What right do I have? Who will I expose? What will my children think?

But if the desire exists to write the story, that comes first.

Join Jo-Anne Richards and me on February 10 for a free webinar where we'll help you claim your story with confidence.

Register via the link in bio.

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We’ve been running our writing retreat since 201

We’ve been running our writing retreat since 2015 and, we aim to provide the space and opportunity for our participants to feel their own creative surge. Somehow, the city always works its magic, as does the alchemy of a gathering of like-minded souls.

Working with writers from across the globe, each bringing their unique projects and perspectives, never fails to energise me. I’ll be honest: dedicating focused attention to each person’s writing for an hour each day is demanding work. Yet it’s also invigorating. Their creative breakthroughs ignite our own imagination. It thrills us as much as it does our participants when seemingly impossible challenges resolve. Read the article in @private_edition_mag Link in bio - Jo-Anne

Your best writing year starts with 5 questions ✍

Your best writing year starts with 5 questions ✍️

Our recent webinar was a masterclass in getting unstuck and moving forward with your writing goals.

The questions we explored:
📌 What are your writing intentions for 2026?
📌 What do you need to achieve them?
📌 What obstacles stand in your way?
📌 How can you overcome them?
📌 Are you ready to commit?

Swipe through for the highlights 👉

Whether you're on your first draft or your final revision, this session has something for you.

Link in bio to read the full summary & watch the replay 🎥

What's your biggest writing challenge for 2026? Tell us in the comments 👇

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Resolutions = bullies Intentions = guides That's

Resolutions = bullies
Intentions = guides

That's why we're doing something different this January.

Join our free "Start the Year Writing" webinar on 19 January for an interactive conversation about your writing intentions for 2026.

We'll work through key questions together. You'll hear what other writers are planning. And you'll leave with clarity (not guilt) about your writing year ahead.
No finger-wagging. No impossible standards. Just Richard, me, and a community of writers figuring out what we really want from 2026.

Free webinar | Monday 19 January | Register via link in bio

What are your writing intentions for this year? Tell us in the comments ⬇️

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Happy Writing Year from opposite ends of the world

Happy Writing Year from opposite ends of the world!

Here I am in sunny Simon's Town, about to plunge into the Atlantic (my daily practice for curbing chronic anxiety and staying creative). Meanwhile, Richard is bundled up beside the frozen River Great Ouse in Bedford, snow falling around his house boat.
Different hemispheres. Different seasons. Same intention: to make 2026 a writing year.

That's the thing about writing intentions – they adapt to wherever you are, whatever your season looks like, literal or metaphorical. They're not rigid New Year's resolutions that demand we all wake at 5am and write 2000 words before breakfast. They're gentle guides that work with our real lives.

My writing intentions for 2026? To make the necessary changes to my manuscript; to listen to my editor without defensiveness and work hard to make it as good as it can be.

Richard's? To maintain his morning routine, to finish the novel he's been working on, and to make space for the messy, imperfect reality of creative life.

What are yours?

Join us for our free "Start the Year Writing" webinar on 19 January where we'll help you clarify your writing intentions for 2026 through an interactive conversation. No pressure, no finger-wagging. Just honest reflection about what you really want from your writing life this year.

We'll work through questions together, you'll hear what fellow writers are planning, and by the end you'll have clarity on your writing year ahead.

Free webinar | Monday 19 January | Link in bio

Let's make this a year of intention, creativity, and sustainable writing practice – whether you're swimming in summer or walking through snow.

Wishing you a happy writing year,
Jo-Anne (and Richard)

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The targets that seem extravagant—writing in a n

The targets that seem extravagant—writing in a new genre, creating unfamiliar characters, attempting bold structures—aren’t really extravagant at all. They’re just unfamiliar. And we mistake the unfamiliar for the impossible.

For years, I approached writing with pre-emptive diffidence, already conceding that real imagination belonged to other people—the naturally talented, the real writers.

Then I discovered something: I can write anything. Not because I suddenly became more talented, but because I stopped telling myself I couldn’t.

The diffident writer asks permission. The ambitious writer is already working.

Whether you’re fifteen or seventy-five, the only thing standing between you and the work you dream of creating is the decision to stop asking for permission and start.

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