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  • ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ – A Masterclass in Dialogue

    ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ – A Masterclass in Dialogue

    There is an old and for the most part true adage among writers that a good writer will ‘show and not tell’. In other words,…

  • 5 Simple Steps to Avoid Becoming a Writer

    5 Simple Steps to Avoid Becoming a Writer

    So, there’s a writer inside you and he’s already sowing the seeds of a best-seller in your brain. Your inner-writer’s urge to write that story…

  • What’s Your Story About?

    What’s Your Story About?

    One of the biggest dangers we non-planning writers face is that you can easily end up writing screeds and screeds of excellent work, only to…

  • Site News

    There were a couple of things about the old layout of this website which were really niggling me so… I’ve changed it! What do you think? We also…