How To Write
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Writing advice from Sheila O'Flanagan
The bestselling novelist offers her top tips on how to write and get published21 May 2021
Read more, write better - Writing Magazine bonus content, July 2021
Background reading, exclusive new book extracts and more to complement your…19 May 2021
Coffee-break exercise: Let's dance
Choose words to express how you or a character experiences dancing in today's…14 May 2021
Faith Hogan: Writing, the sea, and me
The bestselling Irish novelist describes how took the plunge to writing a novel…14 May 2021
Why writing is good for your mental health
We've highlighted some of the ways writing can make a positive difference to…10 May 2021
Read more, write better - Writing Magazine bonus content, June 2021
Background reading, exclusive new book extracts and more to complement your…07 May 2021
Coffee-break exercise: Washout
Explore what 'washout' means to you in today's creative writing exercise07 May 2021
How to translate life into poetry
Monika Radojevic, winner of the Merky Books New Writers' Prize 2020, describes…07 May 2021
Coffee-break exercise: What now?
Think about narrative progression in today's creative writing exercise30 April 2021
