Archive - Writing Talk

The ‘unexpected encounter' - a simple writing idea that just keeps on giving

A generative tool all writers can use again and again

Jun 30 •

May 2025

Microdosing Fiction

Reading Like A Writer

May 21 •

The Seven Word Summary

Distilling the essence of your work in progress

May 8 •

April 2025

Playing in the sandbox of possibility

Apr 27 •

Cold flannels and one-liners

Last month I got wiped-out by a bout of shingles (hence the delay in posting here).

Apr 9 •

February 2025

Warm Up Your Writing Muscles

Exercises for some Feb-meh!-ry motivation

Feb 21 •

Finishing What You Started

Some hard-won advice on being able to write 'The End'

Feb 6 •

January 2025

A writing antidote to Janxiety

Using your 'Drawer of Randomness’ as a catalyst for writing

Jan 13 •

December 2024

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.

Dec 10, 2024 •

Understanding the Rule of Three

Improve your writing with this simple but effective idea

Dec 3, 2024 •

November 2024

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…

Nov 24, 2024 •

October 2024

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.

Oct 31, 2024 •

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