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Continue reading →: How do you choose what to write?I wanted a brand new story idea for my latest MA assignment and was drawing a blank. I couldn’t think of anything meaty enough to write about. In the past I’d seen a Facebook ad for Story Engine so decided to check it out. Story Engine provides cards for characters,…
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Continue reading →: Toughen up buttercup!I do wonder if I’m emotionally resilient enough to be a writer. The last post I made was what I’d summited as an assignment for my MA in Creative Writing. When I got the results back, I admit I was very disappointed. I did okay – it was a Merit…
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Continue reading →: Just write!One of the biggest things I learnt during the first year of my MA was to just write. When you open up the file and are looking at a blank page, you may have a bit of an idea or you may have an empty wasteland in your brain. Either…
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Continue reading →: A little bit of arm twistingI’m currently in the second year of an MA in Creative Writing with the Open University. One of the things they asked us to consider was creating a blog to share our writing with the world. So after a little be of persuasion, here it is. I’ll post some short…

