Writing for pleasure is something I don't often indulge in, but when I do it always makes my heart sing. For the past few weeks I've been mentoring a group of 16 young writers participating in The Write Road program. In their first week they were presented with this photographic writing prompt entitled "Daybreak", and then asked to write … [Read more...]
Writing exercise: Prose without an e
Have you ever thought about how challenging it is to write without one particular letter? Every month I catch up with fellow writers at the Launceston Writer's Group (you can read about us in The Examiner). I look forward to those Wednesday evenings when I get the opportunity to 'talk shop' with people who like words as much as I do (this is … [Read more...]
Want to know the secret to writing?
My latest favourite podcast is Monocle's Meet the Writers. In the most recent episode American author Harlan Coben shared his secret to writing: Is really is that simple. But it's also not. … [Read more...]
My hope for your 2016
My friend, the muse
Every scene tells a story, nay, myriad stories. And behind every story is a spark of inspiration. That spark grows to a kernel of something. Then the kernel builds to a ball of magic, with words swirling through my mind and forming trails of sentences on the page. The spark might ignite a distant memory; my subconscious searching past … [Read more...]
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