How to… give feedback to other writers
Giving feedback to other writers is a useful skill, whether you are a creative writing student, member of an informal writing group or online writing community. Writers are incredibly supportive of...
View ArticleMy epiphany: Tess Jaray
“… we were taken out into the streets with our drawing tutor and I drew a row of trees into my sketch-book, the tutor was scathing: you are only looking at the trees. What about the spaces in between?...
View ArticleHow to get ahead: Kate Silverton
“Your instinct and not your fears should be your guide – it’s too easy in a world that constantly feeds into our insecurities to be led by what we think we ought to do – rather than be true to what we...
View ArticleHow to get ahead: Kate Turner
“Be yourself. Never try to be something that you are not or you will be found out. At the end of the day, people buy people, so your ability to get on with others is paramount.” [quote from ‘Grazia’...
View ArticleHow Anne Tyler writes
Keeping track of ideas is something that every novelist does, in their own way. Pulitzer-winning novelist Anne Tyler [she won in 1989 for Breathing Lessons] uses a box of index cards. She writes one...
View ArticleI agree with… Maggie O’Farrell
‘How to write while looking after a very young baby: get a sling. Aim for the most supportive, ergonomic one you can find. Strap yourself in. After the mid-morning feed, while the baby is still in a...
View ArticleHow Jill Alexander Essbaum writes
“I use a lot of puns and rhyme and wonky meter. When I was writing this book, whenever I sort of hit a wall I stopped trying to think with my head, I tried to think with my ears and tried to figure out...
View ArticleI agree with… Benjamin Wood
“The only time I’ve ever been blocked on Twitter was because I was defending creative writing teaching. You cannot teach someone to have talent but what you can do, if you’re a good teacher, is to take...
View ArticleHow to get ahead: Donna Karan
Donna Karan : “Time is your most valuable commodity and a precious resource. Prioritize! To me, that means putting aside time for what matters, including time to creatively recharge and meditate, as...
View ArticleI agree with… Pat Barker #amwriting #writerslife #writetip
Pat Barker “I do think that sometimes the seed that sets you off on the process of writing a novel can have been around for many years, even decades, before it actually – for some mysterious reason –...
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