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Write On! Features: A Day At The London Book Fair by Mark Butterworth

02 May 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Mark Butterworth When I first became an author, I had only the vaguest idea of what the publishing world really looked like, the scale of the business globally and the amazing constellation of specialists that make up the industry. I didn't think too much about it; it seemed to me ...

Write On! Features: Why Write? by Silviya Vijeyaruban

18 April 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Silviya Vijeyaruban For as long as I can remember, soul-searching in solitude has - and still does - consume me. A constant cycle of introspection, where I long to uncover deeper meanings about my life and identity at every stage. I search desperately for understanding, of my desires, fears, struggles ...

Write On! Features: Get It On Paper by Vic Howard

04 April 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Vic Howard Have you ever thought about writing your autobiography, or do you think your life is too ordinary? I used to be annoyed somebody had already used the title Diary Of A Nobody because it meant I could never record my own life experiences, but then I became interested ...

Write On! Features: The Power Of Poetry by Helen Aitchison

21 March 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Helen Aitchison I remember being at school and winning a poetry competition. It was first / junior school and I would have been around seven or eight. When I went to middle school and on to high school / secondary school, I became less interested in poetry. Mainly, because it ...

Write On! Features: Creating Sustainable Writing And Book Gifts by Lizzie Chantree

07 March 2025 News, WriteOn Features

International bestselling author, award-winning inventor and product designer, Lizzie Chantree, has been featured on television and radio. She discovered her love of writing fiction when her children were little and now writes books (many based in Essex) full of friendship and laughter, about women who are far stronger than they ...

Write On! Features: Converting Prose to Script – The Audio Drama Adventure by Emily Inkpen

28 February 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Emily Inkpen With the Pen-to-Print Audio Drama Award deadline fast approaching (find out more here), I’m providing some pointers on how to write for audio, especially if you’re already a prose writer but don’t know how to make that leap. Audio drama is a brilliant medium for any writer to explore. ...

Write On! Features: Lessons On Cosy Crime – The Mysterious Life Of Agatha Christie And Arthur Conan Doyle

21 February 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Dr Charlotte Baker The whole point of a good detective story was that it must be somebody obvious but at the same time, for some reason, you would then find that it was not obvious, that he could not possibly have done it. Though really, of course, he had done ...

Write On! Features: Journey Of A Storyteller by Viv Foster

07 February 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Viv Foster I've always loved adventures. Almost exclusively they have involved mountains and always, until recently, they have been intensely physical and outdoors. I was born in London, destined for the Ford car factory or a mundane job in the big city. I was saved by the locally owned outdoor ...

Write On! Features: Who Are You Writing For? by Vic Howard

17 January 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Vic Howard My early working life was spent in the world of advertising and at that time vocabulary and column width were important factors considered by newspapers. The most important newspaper then was The Times, which had a column width of about two and a half inches (63mm). The most ...

Write On! Features: Social Media – Friend Or Foe by Antony Dilleen

03 January 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Antony Dilleen Modern society is increasingly entwined with digitisation as we adapt the ways we carry out activities; made more efficient and effective with the benefit of technology and its devices. In the field of communication, undoubtedly the largest is social media. As we are all aware by now, this ...

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