Making Paper Shadows
WENA POON discusses the importance of the visual image in the creation of her stories.
Impelling Perceptions
‘The motivation for being a writer is general and long lasting, but the motivation for each individual story must be a more specific thing. Something sparks our desire to write…’ MIKE SMITH searches for Impelling Perceptions of the story.
The Queen Of Ing
LYNDA NASH writes: Now I’m not completely anti-ing. I’ve nothing against singing or laughing or drinking provided these acts are done one at a time. What I would like to know is – what’s the attraction?
Connective Writing
PAULINE MASUREL shares her thoughts on the benefits and drawbacks of writing workshops and invites readers to share their own experiences.
Strange Creatures by Joseph O’Connor
“A writer is always quietly looking and thinking. Not willing inspiration but just being open to the world. This quiet looking and thinking is the imagination.”
Just a few words…on flash fiction
CAROLYN THOMAS takes a brief look at shorter short story competitions and encourages us all to get writing!
Rattle Tales – Live Lit in Brighton
‘There was rattle shaking and questions from the off’: ERINNA METTLER writes about Liv Lit events with Rattle Tales.
The Best British Short Stories 2011
Short story writers don’t always get handsomely paid, or even paid, but there are plenty of editors accepting work for publication… NICHOLAS ROYLE discusses opportunities for short story writers and the birth of a new short story anthology.
The Writer – Everywhere and Nowhere
SOUMYA BHATTACHARYA asks: As a practising writer, what, really, are the pleasures and perils of writing? And in what way and to what extent, in the exercise of writing, the practice of it, does the writer’s self come into play?