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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 ...

Showcase: Never Judge A Book By Its Cover + Language Of Art + How Realities Change With Life

15 November 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Afsana Elanko It gives me great pleasure to bring you the third showcase for November on the theme of reality and perspectives, around the ability to communicate despite the loss of language. This could be due to ill health, the process of ageing, or an accident. Whatever the reason, ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Realities And Perspectives

14 November 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to this Thoughtful Tuesday page, where I’m taking a look into the realities and perspectives of November days and cold winter nights. This month, I have some wintry pieces for you: from thoughts on curling up with a good book on a cold night, through poems to ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Joe Bedford

12 November 2023 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Joe Bedford (c) Deborah Thwaites Joe is a writer from Doncaster, currently based in London and undertaking a Creative PhD at the University of Leicester. His short fiction has been published widely and has won numerous awards, including the Leicester Writes Prize 2022, as well as being ...

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. ...

Showcase: Realities And Perceptions Of The World + A.I. + Living The Dream + Here You Are + Loss And Living

08 November 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Afsana Elanko Welcome to the second Showcase for November. On today’s page, I’m exploring reality and perspectives over time. Does history truly give the right perspective of what happened many years ago through the pen of the writer? In fact, what’s gone before us shapes our world now. After ...

Monday Moments: Creative Awakenings And Shifts In Perspective

06 November 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month, our theme continues to be ‘Reality And Perspectives’. I’ve been thinking about how the arts and writing opens us up to new perspectives and ideas, allowing us to think more deeply about the world we live in. The writer Anaïs Nin said: “We see the world ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Gita Ralleigh

05 November 2023 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Gita Ralleigh Gita is a poet, writer and doctor born to Indian immigrant parents in London. She teaches creative writing to science undergraduates at Imperial College and has an MA in Creative Writing and an MSc in Medical Humanities. Her poetry books are A Terrible Thing (Bad ...

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, ...

Showcase: Common Fears + Belle + Smoke And Ashes + The Heart + To Retire Or Not To Retire?

01 November 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Afsana Elanko Welcome to our November Showcase series, which continues with the theme of 'Reality And Perspectives.' One person’s reality can be quite different to someone else’s, even though they may experience exactly the same situation. For example, a flight was delayed by 15 hours and person A was ...

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