After the Draft #1 – Make a Master Map
After your first draft, let your manuscript breathe for a week or so then properly assess your work. You need to know where you truly are to determine where ...
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Image of the Week #2
This might make a good prompt for the journey and for the people in the boat – their relationships, their stories. In truth, on a day of chill and rainy murk...
Image of the Week #1
When this image came up in my morning free write, the sudden chill that shivered through me had nothing to do with the miserable November weather. What’s goi...
This week in writing prompts – bad pa...
A weekly collection of prompts to get you writing. This week: the dinner party from hell, new crimes from old actions, guilt confronted, words from sounds.
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Inflatable’s weekly round up - Naomi Alderman, Nnedi Okorafor, Sara Paretski, Denis Johnson. Short story tips. Querying, waiting. Sad news from LitReactor
This week in writing prompts – invita...
A weekly collection of prompts to get you writing. This week: a lost place, a life in a boxes, three viewpoints, waiting, false accusations, invitations.
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Weekly round up - Lessons from 150 writers and Hello Moon, NaNoWriMo prep, starting a story, the digital future of the book, imposter syndrome
This week in writing prompts – maps a...
A weekly collection of prompts to get you writing. This week: maps and objects, gods in reduced circumstances, guilt, a new take on an old story.