UPDATED: September 2024 Today, I feel a familiar fizz of excitement. Nature is reinventing itself. As summer eases into autumn,…
Continue ReadingWriting ideas
Alphabet writing prompts: As easy as ABC…
I like finding things around the house to use as writing inspiration. At the weekend, I was drawn to a…
Continue ReadingA time travel writing experiment
Browsing through Twitter recently, this headline caught my eye: ‘6 Ways to Manipulate Time in Fiction’. There’s something really appealing…
Continue ReadingHow to start a memoir: warm up ideas and activities
Want to write a memoir? Where should you start? Perhaps you’d like to play around with ideas and see where…
Continue Reading3 quick creative writing activities
When you’re short on time, it’s handy to have some quick creative writing activities you can turn to at a…
Continue Reading10 interesting images for creative writing
UPDATED: September 2024 They say, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. But which words, exactly? For me, that’s where…
Continue ReadingWhat’s the secret to successful spine poetry?
Spine poetry is a delightfully simple concept. Take a selection of books, arrange them in a stack so the titles…
Continue ReadingHow to make a four-piece poetry puzzle
My girl came home from nursery this week with a puzzle she had painted. As I matched up the colourful…
Continue ReadingWriting prompt: ‘The Way It Is’ by William Stafford
This New Year’s Eve gave me a memory that I’ll treasure – a lovely moment with my daughter. At the…
Continue ReadingA poem for Christmas – and a festive quiz
Christmas songs are all around and those catchy tunes keep getting stuck in my head. So I thought I’d have…
Continue Reading