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Write On! Features: On The Perils Of Writing The Future by Gareth Southwell

22 December 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Gareth Southwell Contemporary fiction writers struggle with a present that is always shifting under them. Diligent historical novelists wade through libraries of research to avoid committing some glaring anachronism or embarrassing inaccuracy. And so you might think that writers of science fiction and fantasy have it comparatively easy. The future ...

Write On! Features: Writing An Audio Play by Stephanie Weston

15 December 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Stephanie Weston Do you know the problem with writing a comedy murder mystery? Mobile phones. I don’t mean that you keep checking yours when you’re supposed to be writing – although this could be the case – but that your characters need to be isolated from the rest of the ...

Write On! Features: Finding Your Voice by Chris Penhall

08 December 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Chris Penhall Finding Your Voice – And How I Found Mine Finding our writing voice is something we strive to do when we first pick up our pens, or open our computers. For some it comes easily, for others it takes a while. It evolves and changes as we become more ...

Writer Of The Month: Thomas Nixon

27 November 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Joe Bedford As part of Pen to Print’s Writer Of The Month series, I’m proud to introduce a selection of flash fiction pieces by writer Thomas Nixon. Thomas has previously written for Write On! magazine and has contributed scripts for Jay Sykes’ audio drama showcase Summer Stories. The wide palette ...

Write On! Features: Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship

24 November 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Bloomsbury have announced the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship in partnership with Writers & Artists (W&A). The Fellowship, the first of its kind in the UK academic community, plans to uncover talent and new authors who have started their work but have not yet turned it into a proposal which is ...

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 ...

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. ...

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, ...

Write On! Features: Celebrating Black History Month by Rachel Affiong Umoh

27 October 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Rachel Affiong Umoh The Same Story Told In Different Languages. I’m Nigerian by descent but living in the UK. As someone who puts great store in the power of words, I always welcome Black History Month as a wonderful reminder of how important our stories are. Passed down from generation to ...

Writer Of The Month: Joe Bedford

23 October 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Frasier Armitage (c) Deborah Thwaites It's a true privilege to be able to introduce you to Joe Bedford as Write On! October Writer Of The Month. Joe is the creator of the Writers On Research interview series and writes short fiction and novels, with his debut novel being longlisted ...

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