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Pauline Rowe considers the unique benefits of working as a writer in community arts projects. Pauline Rowe considers the unique…
You said you felt cheated, that you’d never done anything on this earth you wanted to. I want to tell…
When I was sure that no one was about, I would talk to myself about the play as loudly and…
Syd Moore speaks with Doug Johnstone about the doubts and stereotypes she battled early in her writing career. Syd Moore…
The near-dream state is artistically useful. I believe that’s why many writers write at the beginning or the end of…
Art bereft of life must risk desiccation: on the other hand, where the sheer welter of life and its demands…
The chances are W. G. Grace himself was born with less fuss than my opening paragraph. By lunchtime I had…
By writing at least 250 words every single day, even when I’ve spent the day distracting myself, I become more…
Alison MacLeod charts the complicated friendship between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield. Alison MacLeod charts the complicated friendship between Virginia…
As he grabbed a handful of crisps he delivered possibly one of the most insightful and concise critiques of my…
In ‘How I Write’, RLF writers explain how they structure their writing days. In this installment of ‘How I Write’,…
I often invite creative writing students to write an observation during class exercises. Why? Hadn’t I, at the age of…
