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Launching ‘Pens Around The World: An Anthology’
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Launching ‘Pens Around The World: An Anthology’

On Sunday 4th October 2026 PATW will be launching 'Pens Around The World: An Anthology', our first book, and we'd like you to join us! Links and more in the blog post
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Posted by By JohnN (admin) 2026-09-28Posted inAuthors, Writing LifeTags: announcement, anthology, inspiration, webinar3 Comments
Writing and Wild Camping
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Writing and Wild Camping

Peter Bond / Wild camping by the River Torridon. Wikicommons Some of my strongest writing ideas come when I am out in the wild. They arrive while I walk through open hills,…
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Posted by By Nabin K Chhetri 2026-09-21Posted inWriting PromptsTags: creativity, inspiration, writing prompts1 Comment
Confessions of a Repentant Reader
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Confessions of a Repentant Reader

If you’re a writer, you’ve probably already discovered the delightful rabbit warrens that make up Substack. What’s not to like? You can fritter away those hours when your magnus opus…
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Posted by By Miriam Landor 2026-09-07Posted inWriting PromptsTags: inspiration, reading, writing challenges, writing prompts2 Comments
Collage image of poster for the Shetland Noir Festival, with attendance badge showing a black fingerprint on white and the word Noir in white on black.
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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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Posted by By Douglas Forrest 2026-06-22Posted inWriting PromptsTags: book festival, conferences, inspiration, Writing Festivals, writing promptsNo Comments
The Prompt Is the Pen
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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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Posted by By Michael Pudney 2026-05-25Posted inWriting PromptsTags: inspiration, motivation, writer's block, writing, writing prompts2 Comments
Up, Up and Away!
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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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Posted by By Debbie Hubbard 2026-04-27Posted inWriting PromptsTags: inspiration, travel, writing prompts2 Comments
Lens by Jonas Svidras
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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.
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Posted by By John Dudley Nixon 2026-04-13Posted inWriting PromptsTags: inspiration, motivation, writer's block, writing prompts2 Comments
Do you lack inspiration for writing?
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Do you lack inspiration for writing?

I’ve spent the last few weeks engaged in the most uninspiring of tasks – deep cleaning. It’s an annual requirement before making our Dorchester home available for holiday lets while…
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Posted by By Gail Aldwin 2026-03-02Posted inWriting PromptsTags: fiction, inspiration, memoir, writing promptsNo Comments
Accountability Partners: For when you need a kick up the butt
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Accountability Partners: For when you need a kick up the butt

Want to learn more about writing accountability partnerships? This article explains what they are, how to start one and the benefits to your own writing practise.
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Posted by By Rebecca Clyburn 2025-12-01Posted inWriting LifeTags: accountability, inspiration, motivation1 Comment
Portraits of six poets
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Reading Poetry, Writing Prose

John suggests an exercise to prompt you to write a short story or flash fiction after reading a poem that you like.
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Posted by By John Dudley Nixon 2025-11-24Posted inWriting PromptsTags: inspiration, Maggie Smith, Marjorie Lotfi, poem, Seamus Heaney, Simon Armitage, writing prompts2 Comments

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