Story Starter: Smithy House
Quite a straightforward Story Starter Image this week. A house whose name reflects its history. Your story might be about…
Tag: writing
Behind The Scenes: We Read Everything
The first of our autumn writing workshops takes place today, here at our Dundee HQ. Encouraging new writers has always…
Story Starter: Snail…And Judy Murray!
I know: Snail and Judy Murray in the same sentence. How….? It started with another walk. Yes, again. I walk…
Celebrating With Edinburgh Writers’ Club
A guest post by Kate Blackadder. Kate, who so excellently co-presents the more northern of our writing workshops, is a…
Story Starter: Nothing Happened Here…
Another gift from the Story Starter fairy….This wee brass plaque is on a gatepost on a house up the hill…
About Woman’s Weekly
I haven’t commented on the situation at Woman’s Weekly, although we here have been very aware of it. The first…
Story Starter: Tightrope
Out for my lunchtime walk today – sunshine! blue skies! – I came upon two young guys practising tightrope walking….
The Writing Bug
Today in the office, we started talking about story inspirations. The consensus was that great stories are all around us, you…
Story Starter: Specs On Fence
Yes, you read that right: Specs On Fence. Out for my lunchtime walk on Wednesday – nice day for it,…
Story Writing Workshops – Autumn 2017
Here’s the booking form for our latest short story workshops in Dundee and York next month, September 2017. And the…
