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Write On! Features: A Poet’s Tit For Tat by Gertcha Cowson

21 April 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Gertcha Cowson I hear what you’re all asking, “Why does a bipolar-fuelled, loudly dressed, eccentric poet need to wear a wide-brimmed hat on a cloudy day?” Well, for one thing, I am now 50-odd years old and my eyes work perfectly fine, thank you very much, proper 20/20 and, quite frankly, I ...

Write On! Features: My Mentorship Experience by Filippo Rossi

14 April 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Filippo Rossi Notepad at the ready, Zoom launches on the screen and cows graze peacefully outside my window. As I wait for the first digital meeting of my mentorship to begin, I find myself thinking about my journey so far. Only one year before, almost to the day, I had ...

Write On! Features: Crossing Poetic Lines by Abíọ́dún ‘Abbéy’ Abdul

07 April 2023 News, WriteOn Features

(c) Left Lion Arts Magazine by Fabrice Gagos By Abíọ́dún 'Abbéy' Abdul Hey Abíọ́dún, would like to go to the SlamoVision heats tonight? That text from my friend Deborah in Nottingham brought my attention back to the poetry event advertised over the last few weeks on various websites and webchats. Wanting to ...

Write On! Features: A Better World Is Possible by Eithne Cullen

31 March 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Eithne Cullen As a writer, one of the things I’ve found is that things just keep getting better! Since my early success with Pen to Print competitions, I’ve won a few prizes, published two novels and a poetry pamphlet, had opportunities to judge competitions, been a 'poet in residence,' performed ...

Write On! Features: A Brief Introduction To Haiku by Jilly Henderson-Long

24 March 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Jilly Henderson-Long There's something timeless and precious about Haiku. It isn't just its brevity and simplicity; it's its sensuousness, its profundity, and – most of all – its relevance to now, even in those written hundreds of years ago. Its origins lie in 17th-century Japan and it's closely linked to Zen, ...

Write On! Features: Artifical Intelligence by Vic Howard

17 March 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Vic Howard with a foreword by Claire Buss If you belong to any kind of writing community online, you've probably heard someone talk about ChatGPT and maybe even read some creative prose written by this artificial intelligence tool. GPT is a chatbot powered by huge quantities of data and computing ...

Write On! Features: Discovering Our Power Within by Irina Goncherenko and Liliana Hristova

10 March 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Irina Goncherenko and Liliana Hristova Becoming a mum is full of contradictions; we are vulnerable and empowered at the same time. When our children are small, we question and evaluate everything we do: weighing up practicalities, remembering our forgotten passions and reconnecting with our inner child and creativity. As mothers, we ...

Write On! Features: Uncovering The Watchman – Script Writing, Poetry And The Importance Of Colour by Alicia Hayden

03 March 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Alicia Hayden If you’d asked me a year ago to write poems about Zimbabwe; a country I’d never been to, on a continent I’d never been in, I’d have been stumped. Perhaps I’d have turned to Google and tried to get an idea of the place through images and videos. ...

Write On! Features: Figuring Out Contradictions In Writing Advice by Claire Buckle

24 February 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Claire Buckle Years ago, when I first started writing short stories, I’m sure I wasn’t alone in feeling bewildered by all the writing advice on offer. I read 'How To' books and magazine articles, attended workshops, took courses in creative writing and tried to absorb the cornucopia of advice available ...

Write On! Features: The Importance Of Faith In Writing by Natalie Pietersen

17 February 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Natalie Pietersen What is the importance of faith in writing? Is it still relevant? As a young teenager, I remember reading The Chronicles Of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Being a lazy teen, this was one of the few books I bothered to finish. I will always remember the opening line of ...

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