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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 ...

Showcase: Tidal Waters + Misunderstanding + The Reading Of Grievances

15 January 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Happy Wednesday, readers! My day job is all about ensuring my company communicates clearly with our potential customers, and that we understand exactly what the customer is asking us to communicate. This is far more complex a task than it first appears. We are constantly misunderstanding each other and in ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Misunderstandings

14 January 2025 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for January 2025. For many people, a New Year means new beginnings. That’s certainly the case for us as we embark on our new theme: ‘Misunderstandings’. I have some lovely pieces to share with you relating to that theme. You may know that ...

Write On! Interviews: Poet Sanjana Arunkumar

12 January 2025 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews poet Sanjana Arunkumar Sanjana says: "I’m Sanjana Arunkumar. I’m a nine-year-old just finished Year 4 in Gascoigne Primary School in Barking. My family and friends call me a bookworm. I just can't get enough of reading! I’m also known for my fun-loving and friendly nature." WO: How would you ...

Showcase: One Way Ticket + Not It + Spawns Of The Devil + The Bride

08 January 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello readers and welcome to our first 2025 Showcase! I’m Holly, a former Monday Moments editor, tentative writer and cat-fosterer living in Kent. Most importantly, though, I’m the editor for January’s Showcases. Our theme is around Misunderstandings and I imagine there must have been a lot of them over the past ...

Monday Moments: Meaning, Language And Learning

06 January 2025 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Happy New Year, readers! For my first ‘Monday Moments’ of 2025, I’d like to introduce our new theme: ‘Misunderstandings’. Language is a slippery thing. The same sentence could be interpreted in various ways by different people or groups, and what we say isn’t always what we mean. The ...

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 ...

A New Year Message From Pen to Print

01 January 2025 Blog, News

Hi Everyone, It's become a bit of a tradition to send everyone an end of year message, so in preparation, I took a look back at last year's message and was part surprised, part comforted that so much of it still rang true for this year. Again, we've faced quite a difficult ...

Write On! Interviews: 2024 Writing Advice From Writers

29 December 2024 News, WriteOn Interviews

As we near the very end of 2024, it’s the perfect time to look back at all the insightful advice we’ve had this past year from the 32 authors we’ve interviewed. "Enjoy the process. Have aims, but don’t be so fixed on a particular idea of success that you lose the ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases December 2024

28 December 2024 News, Saturday Spotlight

By Claire Buss, Deputy Editor, Write On! At Write On! and Pen to Print, we want to help connect authors and readers, playwrights and audiences, so we've created a Spotlight page on the last Saturday of the month, showcasing some of the exciting new reads and plays available. The curated list ...

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