In this exercise, which brings the action of your stories to life, LYNDA NASH tells us to forget Show and Tell and banish the ‘rules’ to Writing Room 101: ‘That old adage ‘show don’t tell’ is the bane of many a beginner writer’s life…’
In ‘Read All About It’, ANNABELLE CARVELL walks us through the steps of a news story writing exercise that’s sure to get your fingers itching.
‘Creative writing prompts are a great way to get the juices flowing when faced with that most terrifying of sights: the blank page.’ RIN SIMPSON
‘If you are anything like me, the act of writing a first draft includes periods when the work is “sticky” and there is a feeling that the words are having to be forced to come out, a feeling that I am controlling the action.’ VANESSA GEBBIE sets an exercise with hidden characters.
In The Sound of Music, Maria sings: ‘Let’s start at the very beginning. It’s a very good place to start.’ That might be the case if you’re an ex nun in the Swiss Alps but it doesn’t work so well in short story writing.
“Quite often, the hardest barrier for new writers to overcome is a lack of confidence – certainly that’s been my experience.” RIN SIMPSON leads us through a writing exercise to help get the words flowing.
Author DOUG CRANDELL goes on a day trip and sets us a writing exercise.
