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Character Studies
Beatrice Colin on the way that character and plot are intertwined. Plot is often the hardest thing to get right…
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‘Life’s Like That’
Gerry Cambridge on freelancing for Reader’s Digest as a young man. How writing poetry became a free imaginative space for…
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Under The Influence
Brian McCabe considers the importance or otherwise of acknowledging one’s influences. In the course of his writing career, Brian McCabe…
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Water In A Writer’s Life
Sally Cline reflects on the way that water has shaped her writing life. From the early years of her writing…
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Smelling History
Morgen Witzel shows that writing about history can be a smelly business. As a writer of historical fiction, Morgen Witzel…
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Raspberries On The Yangtze
Karen Wallace describes a journey down memory lane. In search of inspiration for her first novel, Karen Wallace went back…
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Crimes Of Passion
In time of war you can be shot for it, but as Fraser Grace finds, collaboration is an occupational hazard…
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On Writing Residencies
Katherine Stansfield on her experiences of being a live-in writer in a public institution. No two writing residencies are the…
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Top Girls In Space
Anna Reynolds on writing a play about pioneering women. When asked to write a play about pioneering and adventurous women,…
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The Man Who Invented Gaslighting
Miranda Miller on the life and work of a fascinating author, whose writing has given us the term ‘gaslighting’. According…
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One More Cup Of Coffee
Donny O’Rourke on what coffee has meant to him. From the days of Dr Johnson onwards, coffee has played a…
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The Netflix Novel
Mark Illis considers whether the literary novel has given way to the box-set. With television drama currently enjoying a ‘golden…