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Writing prompt: Deep freeze
Create a situation where something or someone has frozen in this week's creative…

10 January 2025

How to write twist endings
Psychological thriller author Jessie Garcia looks at how you can set up…

10 January 2025

The hybrid road: Your path to publication
Erin Larson Burnett outlines what authors considering hybrid publishing will…

06 January 2025

Writing prompt: Blank page
To get 2025 off to a positive beginning, fill a page with what's most important…

03 January 2025

Writing inspiration: 2025 – The write year for me
Make 2025 the year your writing takes off with this advice on how you can set…

03 January 2025

McCredited: UTM WM February 2025
Read James McCreet's suggested rewrite for the piece critiqued in Under the…

02 January 2025

Inspiration: The write resolutions
Use the time between Christmas and the New Year to set your writing intentions…

27 December 2024

Writing prompt: Past, present and future
Take a leaf out of Charles Dicken's most famous book and write about Christmases…

20 December 2024

Writing prompt: Keeping warm
Write about what someone does to keep warm in this week’s creative writing…

13 December 2024

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