Featuring: Melanie Reid, who shares the repercussions  of severe spinal injury with Dr Afsana Elanko through the lens of how her personal experiences have shaped her writing.  Insight – Writers Helping Writers, with experts Hema Macherla and Rashmi Sirdeshpande and in The Big Debate Claire Buss examines how far we can go in terms of fictionalising reality.Write On! 21  – our five-year anniversary issue, sponsored by All Stories  is out today.  The publication of 21 issues of Write On! is truly testament to this issue’s theme of ‘Overcoming’. Overcoming isn’t just about dealing with difficult of situations, it’s also about how we go about to finding acceptance and hope: whether in our writing journeys, or as in the case of our headliner, Sunday Times journalist and author Melanie Reid, a life-changing accident.
Spotlight – Michelle Sutton and friends, including bestselling writer Lizzie Chantree, look at how to overcome creative block.
The Big Debate – Claire Buss examines how far we can go in terms of fictionalising reality.
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Write On! 22, out on 12 September, is themed ‘Change’ and leads with Dagenham-born comedian and author, Sara Pascoe. It is sponsored by the Working Class Collective. This theme will also inform content for the digital Write On! Extra (accessible through this website) and Write On! Audio. (This podcast can be accessed on all  major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Just type pen to print into your browser. Alternatively, find us via our Spotify Podcast hosting site.
