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Varifocal
Dilys Rose considers how a change of narrative voice can affect the focus of a narrative. Narrative voice, whether first,…
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Minstrel Boy
Donny O’Rourke on how the singer-songwriters of the 1970s helped to shape his poetic consciousness. Listening as a schoolboy to…
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Pepys: Spirit Of His Age
John Pilkington on why the great diarist Samuel Pepys inspires him. As a writer of historical fiction, John Pilkington has…
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Spilling Off The Page
Deborah Gearing on working with visual artists. As the only writer in a group of visual artists taking part in…
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Rastaman Vibrations
Millie Murray on the legendary singer-songwriter who made her a writer. Listening to the music of Bob Marley as a…
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Writing Our Way Home
Penny Hancock on the need for writers to identify with place. Her mother’s worsening dementia made Penny Hancock realise how…
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Abandoned Buildings
Rhiannon Tise on why she is obsessed with abandoned buildings. Rhiannon Tise’s fascination with abandoned buildings and derelict man-made spaces…
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When Memory Distils Into Fiction
Miranda Miller on a childhood experience that profoundly affected her. Miranda Miller describes how a troubling encounter in childhood has…
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The Story In The Attic
Alicia Foster on the perennial appeal of the attic room for artist and writers. Researching her study of the artist…
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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Katharine Grant wonders where her ideas come from. An author’s ideas are essential to the writing process, but how and…
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Writing And Madness
Horatio Clare reflects on the nature of the creative impulse. Are writers mad — or only very sane? Horatio Clare…
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Collaborating With Other Writers
Jonny Wright on the pleasures and occasional problems of collaborative writing. As a scriptwriter, Jonny Wright has grown used to…