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Writing In The Community

Writing In The Community

For more than a decade, engaging with communities has been an integral part of my writing practice. I have recently been appointed as writer in residence for a two-year project...
Three Hands Clapping

Three Hands Clapping

In October 2014 the Guardian published an article about a new dramatisation by London-based theatre company AllthePigs of ‘one of the more curious… true-life stories of the last decade. Dripping...
Inspiration By Invitation

Inspiration By Invitation

Chances are that if you’ve ever written anything, you’ve encountered Blank Page Syndrome.This arch-nemesis of the creative writer – the deer-in-headlights paralysis provoked by an empty white page – is...
Unseen But Not Unsung

Unseen But Not Unsung

The email read: ‘Can I have two lines of deep despair, please, and a rollicking drunken song? By the end of the week, if possible.’ The writing of my opera...

Bridge

The Bridge is a series of workshops that help senior pupils develop their writing, as well as prepare for the challenges of more academic or formal writing at university, college...
Typeface

Typeface

I love typewriters. When I was a kid I had a Petite: red with white keys and a blue ribbon. I used to type letters and compose my very earliest...
The Heroine’s Journey

The Heroine’s Journey

The concept of the ‘hero’s journey’ is familiar to dramatists everywhere. Most playwrights and scriptwriters come across it one way or another; if not intentionally, then from the mouths of...

Should I always use a computer?

“At least when I write by hand I don’t make any typing errors and therefore I don’t think about going back and correcting anything. Yes, computers make such a lot...
What Makes Superheroes So Special?

What Makes Superheroes So Special?

The question seems, at first sight, like an easy one to answer. The power of flight is clearly special. Enormous strength, claws coming out of your hands and the ability...
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