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Write On! Features: The Power Of A Muse by Meliha Avdic

21 January 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Meliha Avdic Muses are real! Hear me, hear me; they are real! If that makes me sound insane, I completely understand. After all, I (like many writers) spent years planning, plotting, writing out character bibles, timelines, chapter breakdowns, for everything I ever wrote, whether it’s a novel, novella, short story, ...

Thursday Connectors: Wonders Of The Mind

20 January 2022 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, it's Farzana, your host, bringing you the first Thursday Connectors of the year. Hooray and Happy New Year everybody, although the greeting may seem to be a few weeks too late, as February is fast approaching! I’m taking a really laid-back approach to life this year. You can’t ...

Showcase: Dear Daughter + The Moon Is Mad + I Am In Love + Saltwater + Crying In The Wind + Home Tomorrow

19 January 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

January's Showcases are introduced by Write On! regular, Mirabel Lavelle. Welcome to the third showcase of the year. I’d like to start by introducing a talented young Maltese writer, Nicole Piscopo. She writes poems which she publishes to her Instagram page and is also working on a young adult fantasy novel. In ...

Write On! Issue 11 OUT TODAY

19 January 2022 News

Write On! 11, Write On! Extra and Write On! Audio – Storytelling From East London To The World Write On! 11 is out today! The theme of Writing With Wonder – The World Through Children’s Eyes, reflects the fact we’ll never look at things the way we once did. Our interview ...

Write On! Interviews: Writer Gloria Maloney

16 January 2022 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews writer Gloria Maloney. Gloria won the Pen to Print Poetry Competition 2021 with her poem Steam Train and has since submitted further poetry for publication. WO: How would you describe your writing to someone new to it? GM: I use descriptive language involving the five senses to draw the reader ...

Write On! Features: I Started Writing By Accident by Lulu Allison

14 January 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Lulu Allison We often make assumptions about what we should do with our lives based on what we've already done. For me, that was drawing. I spent so much time drawing and painting as a child that it seemed obvious I would make art my subject, and indeed that is ...

Showcase: Don’t Be Silly + Thank You To A Stranger + The Monument + How Can I Not + A Weighty Matter

12 January 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

January's Showcases are introduced by Write On! regular, Mirabel Lavelle. Welcome to my second showcase of the year. I'd like to start by introducing a children’s story and a thank-you poem by Laura Maclennan. Laura is an experienced teacher who has gone on to teach across the curriculum, particularly drama and within ...

Monday Moments: Childlike Genius

10 January 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King We’re already two weeks into 2022 and the second year of Write On! Extra, which, I must say, has grown exponentially for such a young project. When we are young, though; that’s when the most creative ideas come about and we write with the most freedom. So, ...

Write On! Interviews: Writer Megi Adamou

09 January 2022 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews writer Megi Adamou. Migena Ramaj Adamou is a community worker who loves writing in her free time. Megi mainly writes poetry but has written a novel as well. She loves people and believes that loving others is the best 'poetry' she could ever leave behind in this ...

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Write On! With Wonder Competition – Sue Moorcroft Winners

07 January 2022 News

We are happy to announce the winner and runner ups of Write On! With Wonder - Sue Moorcroft Competition (2021). The flash fiction contest objective was to write a piece less than 100 words about the glowing image of the little girl, seen above. A lucky winner with an equally glowing ...

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