Blog & News
Interview with author Peter Cherches…
For anyone interested in the idea of composing a novel out of a series of short-short stories… Here's a new blogpost: an interview with the American writer Peter Cherches, about his brand new novel-in-episodes, Everything Happens to Me. It's a unique and wonderful...
Writing Prompts: Shifts and Transitions…
A new story analysis at the link below, looking at different shifts and transitions we can include in our own writing. Plus! Later in the same link, new writing prompts... These prompts are drawn from a website about the novella-in-flash, but you can harness them for...
Writing Prompts: Going Further with Character – via William James’s Theory of Identity…
New prompts (at the link below) for developing your fiction writing projects... This time giving you ideas for how to develop a fictional character you've begun writing about, drawing upon the 19th century psychologist William James's theories of identity... Something...
Forthcoming Workshop: ‘Managing the Inner Critic’
(online, via Zoom, Saturday 18th May, 15.00-17.30 UK time, or UTC+1) In May, I'm re-running my workshop 'Managing the Inner Critic': a workshop I've taught for universities, at festivals, and for organisations in the creative industries. The workshop is aimed at...
Writing Prompts: Finding Resonance in Objects and Belongings (via a story by Sara Hills)…
New prompts (at the link below) for your current writing projects... Once more exploring how we use physical environments in our writing, this time by examining a microfiction by Sara Hills. What might we learn from how Hills uses the objects in a room to say...
What Does Golf Have To Do with the Writing Life?
Well, the first weekend of 2024 has arrived and I'm getting around - a few weeks "late" perhaps - to posting a writing news update on this personal blog. The main thing I want to confess is that I'm feeling fortunate: fortunate to have been able to persist with this...
Writing Prompts: Going Further with Landscape & Location (via the Poetry of Michael Longley)…
New ideas here for re-invigorating your current writing projects... again exploring how we can connect more deeply with locations and landscapes, this time taking a fresh approach by exploring the work of Michael Longley. These monthly writing prompts are drawn from a...
Writing Prompts: Going Further with Landscape & Location…
New writing exercises available here - exploring how we can connect more deeply with the locations and landscapes we use in our writing... These monthly writing prompts are drawn from a website about the novella-in-flash, but you can channel these prompts towards all...
Writing Prompts: Landscape & Location as a Dynamic Story-Engine
New writing prompts here - about using locations and settings as a dynamic engine for narrative... Although these monthly writing prompts are drawn from a website devoted to the novella-in-flash, I invite readers here to harness these prompts flexibly for all kinds of...