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Write On! Features: Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship

24 November 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Bloomsbury have announced the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship in partnership with Writers & Artists (W&A). The Fellowship, the first of its kind in the UK academic community, plans to uncover talent and new authors who have started their work but have not yet turned it into a proposal which is ...

Write On! Features: Surviving Winter Creatively by the Write On! Team

17 November 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Edited by Claire Buss At a recent online meeting, the Write On! team were discussing how heavy the winter days can feel and the ways in which this time of year weighs down our creativity. As writers, poets, artists and creators we all have different methods to look after ourselves and ...

Write On! Features: That Scrap Of Paper, Autism, And Me by Charlie Steff

10 November 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Charlie Steff An Insight Into Being A Writer With Autism I am diagnosed with ASD, formerly known as Autism Spectrum Disorder. My brother was diagnosed with autism at a very young age, and myself much later. Sadly, there is much less research into ASD and the way it presents itself in girls. ...

Write On! Features: The Emotional Writer: When Fiction Mirrors Reality By Farzana Hakim

03 November 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Farzana Hakim In my early writing days, after I’d written new chapters of a story, in excitement or, perhaps, in seeking motivation to continue, I'd email them to a loyal best friend; an avid reader and Head of English at a secondary school. Her feedback was gold to me. However, ...

Write On! Features: Celebrating Black History Month by Rachel Affiong Umoh

27 October 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Rachel Affiong Umoh The Same Story Told In Different Languages. I’m Nigerian by descent but living in the UK. As someone who puts great store in the power of words, I always welcome Black History Month as a wonderful reminder of how important our stories are. Passed down from generation to ...

Writer Of The Month: Joe Bedford

23 October 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Frasier Armitage (c) Deborah Thwaites It's a true privilege to be able to introduce you to Joe Bedford as Write On! October Writer Of The Month. Joe is the creator of the Writers On Research interview series and writes short fiction and novels, with his debut novel being longlisted ...

Write On! Features: Making The Shift From The Formal To The Creative by Niema Bohrayba

20 October 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Niema Bohrayba The switch from writing formal industry-related papers and reports to writing creatively has been, and still is, quite a challenge for me. I think it’s to be expected, since I've been writing work-related papers and reports for 20 years, and have only recently begun pursuing my passion for ...

Write On! Features: Writing Alternate Worlds, Imagining Change by Gita Ralleigh

13 October 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Gita Ralleigh When I teach worldbuilding to my creative writing students, I encourage them to begin freely. Soon, though, we start to formulate – not rules, exactly – but the components of their world. What historical events have shaped the present? Who performs the domestic work? Who has power? Magic, ...

Write On! Features: How To ‘Write About What You Know’ by Jilly Henderson-Long

06 October 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Jilly Henderson-Long Ask any writer and they will tell you that, at some point in their career, they've been advised the best way to make their writing sound realistic, is ‘write about what you know’. There's no doubt this adds credence to any writing. We’re all aware of how it ...

Write On! Features: Why I Left X And Joined Substack by James Marshall

29 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By James Marshall How to build an audience or “Why I left X and joined Substack.” I started creative writing five years ago and am aiming to get my first novel published next year. I had my first, frustrating, unsuccessful encounter with publishing a previous novel last year. I'm no expert in ...

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