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What to write at Christmas
At my house — same one I was born in — Christmas is when we have “nice biscuits.” Paper napkins appear in the drawer, with robins on, or mistletoe.
Dec 2019
Nov 2019
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What does writing have to do with wellness?
Whenever I can’t sleep — whenever I’m thinking of tossing and turning, the words rounding my brain like pinballs, smashing themselves to nonsensical fragments — I open the draw of
Jul 2019
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Studying the Short Story with Tom Vowler
Since joining Unthank, I’ve been fortunate to also teach a couple of courses that explore the complexities and wonder of the short story. My own academic route in creative writing
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How to write a short story
Something stirs, a glimpse, a question. Maybe a few situations or character ideas suddenly conflate. You remember a feeling, a secret, an image, a clash. You might doodle some
Jun 2019
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Jun
Jun
An Introduction to Unveiled: The First Unthank School Anthology
All revolutions start with five people meeting in an upstairs room It will be raining outside and early in the week as well as the year. Christmas decorations will have
Mar 2019
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Mar
‘A creative writing class can be anything.’ An Interview with Georgina Parfitt
Georgina Parfitt has recently joined the Unthank School team to teach An Introduction to Writing Fiction in Norwich. We sat down to find out all about Georgina and her
May 2018
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May
May
Motivational Writer’s Toolkit
I’ve just finished teaching two online groups for the Unthank School of Writing, the modular How To Write A Novel course and the Online Fiction Workshop. These were hard-working
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May
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Writing short stories
Tania Hershman on how to write short stories What is a short story? As a writer, I'd rather ask: What can I make the short story do for me?
Mar 2018
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How to Talk About Your Writing
So, what’s your novel about then? This is the question — the terrible, dreaded question — that causes most new writers to stammer and squirm, or gabble and gush.
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How to get to know your minor characters
In a recent online workshop, some students said that they didn’t feel they knew their minor characters well enough to predict how and why they might behave in certain