We all know that we get better at what we practice. Even if you have a natural talent and innate skills you still need to spend time honing those skills and learning your craft. Just like a ballerina would do a daily barre routine or an athlete might run everyday, a writer needs to stretchContinue reading “How to Develop Your Writing Practice”
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Finding the Time to Write
I feel guilty about a lot of things. I feel guilty that I don’t eat enough fruit and veg, that I don’t understand politics better, the amount of sugar I have in my tea, and that body buried in the back garden – just kidding! (it’s in the front garden). One thing I feel mostContinue reading “Finding the Time to Write”
The Year of 100 Rejections
We all like being told “yes.” Yes, you can have the last biscuit. Yes, you got the job. Yes, we would like to publish your writing. Yes, yes, YES! Yes is a magic word, yes is a mood booster, happy smiles, good feelings inducer. Yes is a drug. And just like a drug not getting yourContinue reading “The Year of 100 Rejections”
How to Begin
There can be a lot of pressure on beginnings. To begin with a bang, to hook the reader, to say the clever thing, the poignant thing, the right thing. The power of a good beginning is undeniable but it can also feel like a big burden and with all that pressure on just a fewContinue reading “How to Begin”
I’m Dreaming of a Write Christmas
I love Christmas. I love the smell of spice, evergreen garlands, and twinkling lights. And snow. Even though it has never actually snowed over any of my childhood Christmases, I still dream of a white Christmas. That’s because I believe in magic. Not in a “Haha play along for the kids” way. No. I believe.Continue reading “I’m Dreaming of a Write Christmas”
Seven Tips For Editing Your Writing
I have to reveal a terrifying truth to you. Some of you won’t make it. Although we’ve come a long way as a group, not all of you can be featured in this story. Unfortunately, some of you will have to be removed due to the limited word count. OK, You don’t need to talkContinue reading “Seven Tips For Editing Your Writing “
How to Stop Procrastinating
I’m going to tell you a secret. I procrastinated writing this all week. I kept putting it off and putting it off until it became this big guilty monster I was ignoring. I hate that feeling, don’t you? It makes me feel small, and squirmy and all knotted up in my stomach. I start makingContinue reading “How to Stop Procrastinating”
10 Common Writing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
I’m going to admit something, right now. I have been guilty of almost all of these mistakes at one point or another. I have been writing for years and yet, even now, I will still make some of these mistakes. That’s because they are really common, bad writing habits that are easy to fall into! Continue reading “10 Common Writing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them”
10 ways to let Dartmoor inspire you
Dartmoor is a beautiful and mysterious part of the world, full of myth and magic. If you’re lucky enough to live here, then you know all about the charms of our valleys and dramatic tors but when you live in such a breathtaking setting, it’s easy to take it for granted. Dartmoor has been aContinue reading “10 ways to let Dartmoor inspire you”
How to Start Writing
It can be really intimidating, looking at the shelves in a bookshop, all those stories, all those ideas, all those writers. Where did they start? They started, just like you. Human beings are instinctive story tellers, we do it almost without thinking, chatting with our friends, telling our families about what we’ve been up to,Continue reading “How to Start Writing”
Moor Imagination 