Are YOU a Writer?
Are you a writer? Do you feel instinctively that you’re a writer, that you want to write and share stories with a greater audience? That storytelling is intrinsically a part … Continued
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The Length of Things
One of the greatest freedoms we have as writers is determining the length of our article/story/book/novel. Screenwriting has constraints. Generally, it’s accepted that one page will equal one minute of … Continued
Stretch
If you’re a writer, you’re just about guaranteed one thing in this life. Can you guess what it is? Publication? Fame? Riches? To be read? To share stories with the … Continued
How I used the Busybird Creative Fellowship – AC Watson
In December 2015 I was lucky enough to be chosen for the Busybird Creative Fellowship. The fellowship aims to help an emerging writer through their current project. For me, this … Continued
Editing Anthologies
‘Being a literary major, I’ve always been told to think outside the words on the page in front of me; to see their effect, to see their purpose, and to … Continued
Unleash Your Inner Troll
Every story begins with an idea. Usually, that’s something simple – maybe just an image that flashes through your mind. A boy who lives in a closet under the stairs … Continued
Issue Seven Launches!
It’s a story that many of our regular readers will be familiar with: way back towards the end of 2008, a group of us – four writers and one illustrator/photographer … Continued
Honesty
Here’s a question: when you write, do you write freely and without inhibition? Be honest. Your impulse might be to say you do. But think about it. Think about your … Continued