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The ‘unexpected encounter' - a simple writing idea that just keeps on giving
A generative tool all writers can use again and again
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Microdosing Fiction
Reading Like A Writer
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The Seven Word Summary
Distilling the essence of your work in progress
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Hybrid Writing
Playing in the sandbox of possibility
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Cold flannels and one-liners
Last month I got wiped-out by a bout of shingles (hence the delay in posting here).
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Warm Up Your Writing Muscles
Exercises for some Feb-meh!-ry motivation
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Ken Elkes
Finishing What You Started
Some hard-won advice on being able to write 'The End'
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A writing antidote to Janxiety
Using your 'Drawer of Randomness’ as a catalyst for writing
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Letting go of Pressured Language and other thoughts on writing
Sometimes ideas form easily for posting here on Substack, and are birthed with a minimum of fuss.
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Understanding the Rule of Three
Improve your writing with this simple but effective idea
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Universal, yet unique – using childhood as inspiration
“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” ―Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners…
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Using AI Art as writing prompts
There’s been a lot of noise and debate about Artificial Intelligence and human creativity over the last couple of years.
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The writer’s balancing act
Ways to rediscover lost creativity
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Perfect Pitch - using music to generate stories
Are you a writer who likes silence, or a writer who likes music to be playing as you work?
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Ken Elkes
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