Writing exercises for the Autumn season
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After a last blast of summer, autumn is upon us.  With its natural beauty, its distinct scents, its crisp air as temperatures drop, and all its associated emotions, it’s a season that has inspired writers throughout time. Today we are … Read More

How to unblock your creativity using freewriting
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September marks a new season in what has certainly been one of the strangest years in recent history For me, it brings with it another tentative step towards what we consider ‘normal.’ Last week I packed up my home office ready … Read More

Emerging from isolation: virtual writing workshop 6
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I had a week off work recently and was lucky enough to go up to Whitby again. Although we only stayed for a day, it felt good to breathe the sea air and walk on the sand. There were little … Read More

Unlocking lockdown: sights, sounds and smells: virtual workshop 4
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We are living in very peculiar times. Possibly the strangest times many of us have lived through collectively. They are times of mixed emotions – some good, some bad. To begin with there was fear, anxiety, and a sense of … Read More

Writing inside the box: lockdown virtual workshop 3
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For some, lockdown’s provided an opportunity to have a clear-out and I for one have started sorting out boxes etc that have been hanging around for so long I’ve forgotten what’s in them. Some of what I’ve unearthed has been … Read More

Corona-angst: writing in altered times
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The world has changed since I last wrote this blog three weeks ago. It was changing then, but the change was still some distance away, creeping closer, but still far away enough for it to be about other people not … Read More

Learning from a literary great
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Background David Herbert Lawrence (1885 – 1930) was an English writer and poet from Nottinghamshire. His father, a miner at Brinsley Colliery, is thought to have been barely literate, but his mother fostered in him a love of learning and … Read More

How to write convincing dialogue
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Dialogue – speech between two or more people – is important for bringing fiction to life. It gives voice to characters, breaks up the text, balances description and helps to move the action on. How someone speaks tells the reader … Read More

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