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McCredited WM January 2024
Read James McCreet's suggested rewrite for this month's Under the Microscope

07 December 2023

Writing prompt: Cold
Explore the way the cold makes you or a character feel in this week’s creative…

01 December 2023

How to write a Christmas novel
Top tips from four leading authors in the festive fiction field

01 December 2023

Coffee-break writing: In nature
Write about the experience of being in nature in this week’s exercise

24 November 2023

Coffee-break writing: Pick a book
Write about a favourite book in this week’s creative writing exercise

24 November 2023

Writing on the road: Van life
Could you write and travel at the same time? Author Emma Christie does, and she…

24 November 2023

Notes on NaNoWriMo: From first draft to publication
Are you doing NaNoWroMo this year? Author C.S.E. Cooney reflects on what…

17 November 2023

Coffee-break writing: Half full
Create negative and positive outlooks or interpretations in today's creative…

10 November 2023

Fiction: The importance of representation
Novelist Lola Akinmade Åkerström writes about centring Black protagonists in a…

10 November 2023

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