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Sensory writing 1 – touch and texture
Sensory writing is a great way to bring your readers close, whatever your writing form – fiction, poetry, scripts or copywriting. Find out how to use the senses of touch and texture to allow readers to experience your created worlds more deeply. The other senses – including smell, sounds – are powerful, but touch and…
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Writing technique – 5 tips on the ticking time bomb
Ten, nine, eight… the ticking time bomb and countdown clock are a familiar technique in creative writing. You’ll find them everywhere – in films, fiction, copywriting, setting in motion a high-stakes race against the clock. These writing devices aren’t always literal, of course – they’re often metaphorical. So, what are ticking clocks used for, and…
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Creative writing – it’s easy to get published
It’s easy to get published. There. I’ve said it. There are zillions of new writing anthologies out there. Writers’ workshops. Literary magazines. Night classes. University courses. ‘Published writer’ doesn’t mean a whole lot, to be brutally honest. Not nowadays. And if you can’t get traditionally published, you can do it yourself. Some indie authors are…
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What’s your writers’ group really about?
Is your writers’ group really about writing, or is something else going on? If you’re sensing danger signs, maybe it’s time to move on? If you’re a newbie creative writer, there’s nothing more wonderful than finding a group of like-minded souls who are all passionate about the craft of writing, books, reading, and all the things…
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How to write an interactive storytelling script
For a Christmas performance, I wrote a script with interactive storytelling elements to appeal to a mixed family audience. It was a children’s show, but adults needed to be engaged, too! Here are some of the simple dramatic techniques we used to make the experience playful, fun and engaging for the audience. I’ve seen and…
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