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Read James McCreet's suggested rewrite for this month's Under the Microscope07 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 field01 December 2023
Coffee-break writing: In nature
Write about the experience of being in nature in this week’s exercise24 November 2023
Coffee-break writing: Pick a book
Write about a favourite book in this week’s creative writing exercise24 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
