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Lydia Syson – How I Write
In the winter I take to my bed, where I try to keep the faith that one page and another,…
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Check out the latest news from the RLF, WritersMosaic highlights, and Collected – our collection of interviews, reflections and articles exploring the literary life and world of writers today.
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Inspiration By Invitation
Poet Kona Macphee confronts the challenge of the Blank Page. Every writer knows the terror of Blank Page Syndrome, and…
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David Spencer
David Spencer speaks with Geoff Hattersley about playwriting in dialect, expat life and remaining true to his characters’ speech. David…
Alicia Foster – My Reading Habits
My reading now is instinctive rather than planned, possibly because I spent so many years forcing myself through piles of…
Doug Johnstone – Why I Write
I write because I’m angry. Okay that’s not the only reason, not by a long way, but it was a…
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What Is Screenwriting?
Screenwriter Hugh Stoddart describes the ins and outs of producing original scripts and adaptations for the cinema. ‘A screenplay is…
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Nick Holdstock – Why I Write
Part of the reluctance to answer stems from the feeling that we are not only having to explain why we…
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Rahila Gupta
Rahila Gupta speaks with George Miller about the intersection between politics and writing. Rahila Gupta tells George Miller: ‘I have…
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Paid For Talking
SuAndi on her late start in writing, and being ‘paid for talking’. SuAndi describes her late start in writing, and…
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Sally Cline – Letter To My Younger Self
You couldn’t hang back any longer. You had to step in and say something. You already knew what you wanted…
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Digging
Susan Fletcher discovers how writing resembles archeology. The connections between writing and digging – as explored in Seamus Heaney’s eponymous…
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Donny O’Rourke – How I Write
I can write anywhere, and under most conditions, and yet, despite having motive, means and opportunity, I frequently lack the…