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I Never …

As a writing experiment, use the prompt I never … to write a list-based piece exploring the inner and outer

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Revising and Editing Zalon

The Zalon: what a great idea for Kellie Jackson to take her Words Away salons online with Zoom. I was

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Childhood Revisitations

This is a writing experiment for someone who wants a boost of energy to take their revising deeper, or anyone

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Tulip Fever

This month I was going to make a thoughtful post/papal address – something topical on slow writing, or productivity, or

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The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction (and Life)

I’m interested in ideas about story that deviate from the usual nagging about conflict – ‘Where’s the conflict?’ ‘This narrative

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Water Workshop at Cambridge University

This week I taught a workshop at Cambridge University’s Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio as part of Bhanu Kapil’s workshop cycle

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Water Ways

On Saturday a lovely group of writers came along to Water Ways, the newest of the Four Elements workshops that

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Food in Writing

On Sunday I taught for the first time at the Victoria and Albert Museum: a workshop on food in writing

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Books I Enjoyed Most In 2019

I read a lot of good books in 2019. I am never sure about the idea of Best Books, or

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Workshops for 2020: Food, Water Ways, Earth Works

In 2020 I’m continuing the ongoing series of new Four Elements workshops with Kellie Jackson of Words Away. Four Elements

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Workshops for Autumn 2019: Four Elements, Food, Fire

Here towards the end of the summer break comes a post with info on writing and creativity workshops I’m leading

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Only Connect: Writing Experiment No. 74

1. I saw Bhanu Kapil reading at the LRB Bookshop on Friday. An intense but joyful event – tales of

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