Archive - Writing Talk

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 •

October 2024

August 2024

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?

Aug 2 •

July 2024

June 2024

Foraging For Ideas - Using Nature As Inspiration

Hello everyone,

Jun 27 •

May 2024

Writing exercise - igniting the enthusiasm in your writing

This week in my free Writing Talk post, I mentioned that I led an online writing group that is a relaxed hybrid between a social writing meet-up, where…

May 26 •

Locating The Energy In Your Abandoned Drafts To Revive Or Reuse Them

The weekly online writing group I host/lead is a fun gig, a relaxed hybrid between a social writing meet-up and a workshop of writing exercises…

May 24 •

The Importance of First Impressions

They say you only get one chance to make a first impression.

May 17 •

Does a story really need conflict to work?

Reflections on the so-called 'golden rule’ of narrative

May 10 •

April 2024

Defamiliarisation - a fun way to embrace the strange in your writing

In last week’s free Writing Talk post, I talked about embracing the strange in your writing work.

Apr 29 •

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