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Monday Moments: Worlds Apart

Monday Moments, News
Introduced By Holly King As Write On! Extra transitions from our theme of Mind Your Language: Words And How We Use Them to our new theme of Worlds Apart, I couldn’t help but find synchronicity within the two themes. For example, my previous Monday Moments page focused on how dialects can ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Our Relationship With Words

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to June’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Most of us think of June as the burgeoning of summer, with long hot days and plenty of sunshine. So it’s perhaps surprising I’m starting today’s page with this poem, which came through our submissions page. Although winter is fading away in our ...

Monday Moments: Speaking My Language

Monday Moments, News
Introduced By Holly King Did you know that the Eskimo language has 30 words for snow? It's said that the number of words a culture has for something is an indication of its importance (I cast my mind back to Carol Ann Duffy’s poem, Frau Freud, and wonder what that claim ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Mind Your Language

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for May. The theme for our current editions of Write On! Extra is 'Mind Your Language: Words And How We Use Them,' which is a perfect theme for a magazine for and about writers. It’s especially relevant to my Thoughtful Tuesday’s page, as ...

Monday Moments: Making It Up

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Introduced By Holly King It’s weird to think that, at one point, every word we use had to be made up. It's said that Shakespeare coined (‘made up’) over 400 words in his plays and sonnets, which we have adapted into everyday language, including to 'catch a cold', 'swagger' and even ...

Write On! Audio April: Out Now

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Write On! Audio: Storytelling From East London To The World – Episode Eight Write On! Audio is the podcast from Pen to Print for writers who are serious about their writing. Taking the best bits from Write On! Magazine and Write On! Extra, we bring you writing tips, features, interviews and excerpts from ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Hodge Podge

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By Eithne Cullen When I told our editor Madeleine I had a mixture of different kinds of pieces for today’s page, I was searching for a word to describe the mix: melange? eclectic? serendipity? Madeleine said she thought it sounded more like a hotch-potch, so that’s what it is. And to ...

Monday Moments: Nature Of Growth + Transformation

Monday Moments, News
Introduced By Holly King For our last Monday Moments on the theme of Nature, we’re focusing on the nature of growth and transformation. Did you know that the lotus flower is the symbol of self-regeneration, rebirth, and enlightenment? Nature has many connotations with transformation and, as we move out of Winter ...

Write On! Audio March: Out Now

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Write On! Audio: Storytelling From East London To The World – Episode Seven Write On! Audio is the podcast from Pen to Print for writers who are serious about their writing. Taking the best bits from Write On! Magazine and Write On! Extra, we bring you writing tips, features, interviews and excerpts from ...