Open Mic Night 119
Whatever your talent, Busybird’s Open Mic Night is a great place to showcase your wares. And, of course, you can just come along and watch!
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Open Mic Night 117
Whatever your talent, Busybird’s Open Mic Night is a great place to showcase your wares. And, of course, you can just come along and watch!
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
The Evolving Idea II: Adaptation
Last year I waxed lyrical on how ideas can evolve and change over time, even within a single short story that can become something totally different to its original intention. … Continued
The Three Profiles of Fiction
In an earlier post, ‘No Offence?’ I touched on the idea of certain modes of storytelling, and how important the ‘profile’ of certain content can be to determining its effectiveness … Continued
NaNoWriMo Lessons
Last October, when my daughter was almost a year old, I decided that after a year of minimal progress on my writing projects, it was time to get back into … Continued
Approaching Revision — Part II
The Big Picture Last week, we looked at a lot of the mechanics of writing which you can address during revision. This week, we’re going to look at the … Continued
Just Write
We may all have ideas for a great book. We may even have a few chapters down. And we might even have time available to write – or, if not, … Continued