Characters
The relationship between writers and the characters they create is often a tangled one. While not all of us are going to become as entangled with our characters as the … Continued
emerging writers
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The Rules of Writing
Writing’s a funny thing. It’s an act of pure imagination and speculation, and even the most technical forms of writing require some form of spatial and abstract thinking. It’s the … Continued
P17 Interview – S A Jones
page seventeen has had a lot of varied authors featured across eleven issues – close to 400 individual writers if we wanted to sit down and count them all. That’s … Continued
P17 Issue 11 Reflections – Joshua Coldwell and Anne Hotta
One more day. That’s it. That’s as long as we need to wait for the new issue to be available. From 7pm on 19 November, Issue 11 is live and … Continued
P17 Issue 11 Reflections – Kevin Gillam, Holly Zwalf and Ben Grech
In just over a week, the wait is finally over. The open mic night on 19 November is open invitation, so come along if you can and celebrate the launch … Continued
A Partially Weeded Garden
In my last post I talked about ‘weeds’ in writing – extra adverbs, dangling plot threads and so on. They’re all derided almost universally as pests, and able to overrun … Continued
P17 Issue 11 Reflections – Tom O’Connell and Jacob Edwards
The P17 launch date is fast approaching – not long now until the latest issue of page seventeen is available! It’s an open invitation to come on down to our launch event and open … Continued
P17 Issue 11 Reflections – Maggie Veness, A E Cochrane and Eril Riley
It’s now less than a month until we unleash the latest page seventeen upon the world. Don’t forget, Issue 11 is available from November 19! In the meantime, some of the Issue … Continued