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Can acting inform writing?
I joined an improvers acting summer school at the City Lit, Covent Garden, at the end of July. I'd previously attended an introduction to screen acting weekend and I've completed…
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Sheepdog at work
Growing up, our family had a sheepdog. A real one, slated to be a national trials champion by his breeder, a farmer who we kids used to ‘help’ during summer…
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One Golden Day
public domain picture As I write this blog post, I sit on the balcony of my hotel room in Marathopolis. The juicy blue of the swimming pool is just below…
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PEACE BY PIECE
Peace seems hard to come by these days. Ukraine, Iran and the Middle East, Syria, Somalia and countless African countries are at war. If it’s not conflict, then natural disasters…
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The Joys of a (Noir) Book Festival
Douglas Forrest takes us to visit the Shetland Noir festival and prompts us to find writing inspiration in a writing festival wherever we can.
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The Pitch Paradox – less is more
This week's Writing Prompt comes from Miriam who suggests a very useful synopsis exercise that will benefit all writers to have practiced.
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The Prompt Is the Pen
Sometimes, the hardest part of writing isn’t finding the idea, or building the world, shaping the character, choosing the perfect opening line, or knowing exactly where the story is going.…
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Writing based around family or home
At present I'm reading a novel inspired by the author's research into a mystery relating to his own family. His grandmother's father seems to have disappeared in her early childhood…
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Up, Up and Away!
With apologies to Jane Austen, it’s a truth universally acknowledged that anyone in possession of a good fortune must want to travel. The corollary to that is that travel broadens…
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Using transpositions to help your writing move forward
For this week's writing prompt, John shares two exercises that may help you write your way out of a writer's block.