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Emily Morris: How to Write Away Shame
Recount how it felt, in all its mortifying glory. Don’t stop.
Interview: Jenn Ashworth on hauntings, home and blurred boundaries
Blurred boundaries, belonging and writing Fell…
How to Write a Novel Whilst Working Full-Time
My first novel, All the Good Things, has just been…
Feel the fear and submit anyway
Enough excuses. Here’s why you need to send off that story today…
Manuela Salvi: How to write controversial stories
Use your memory Adults don’t know every single thing going…
Finding Writing Inspiration on Holiday: Advice from Alison Moore
Keep a diary while you’re away: you might get a novel out of it!
The Female Gaze: Seraphina Madsen on writing Dodge and Burn
Seraphina Madsen, author of Dodge and Burn, on road trips novels and the female gaze…
Memory and Misery: Memoir Writing Advice from Crystal Jeans
“Be careful. Change names. And fictionalise it to filth…”
Bringing Forth the BIG MAGIC: Ten Things To Take Away From Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic
Award winning journalist, Christobel Hastings explores the ten greatest creative advice from Elizabeth Gilbert’s inspired self help book, Big Magic
10 Contemporary Short Story Collections to Read
Jane Healey explores the ten phenomenal short story collections from the last ten years. Most of them debut collections, which you might have missed.
Get Your Writing Published This Winter
Calls for submissions, competitions and prizes…
Spontaneous Particulars: The Telepathy of Archives by Susan Howe
The collection includes immaculately reproduced facsimiles that reanimate the archive on…