Archive for September, 2011
Just back from a break in Shropshire. Subject 1. I didn’t get a name. If you’ve never been or maybe not even heard of the place, it is one of the most sparsely populated counties in England. In fact, for the first few days we saw more horses than people. Seriously. The horse count was about fifty […]
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Tags: Creative writing, Flash Fiction, Ironbridge, Shropshire, World Heritage Site, Writing
I’m the type of person who would never have thought about joining a writing group. The idea was just not me. Before the creative writing course it would have been at the bottom of my list of things to do to help my writing. But at the end of the course a few of us decided to […]
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Tags: Creative writing, E-book, Flash Fiction, Short story, Writing process
Image via Wikipedia I’ve just had the news that I’ve passed my latest OU course: Elements of Forensic Science. This is one of the short courses at the OU lasting 12 weeks and whilst I’d love to add CSI to my title that was not the reason I took the course. (Good job as it would […]
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Tags: Creative writing, Education, Forensic science, Open University, Writing
So what did the OU do for me?
There are the obvious reasons for taking a course in creative writing. Learning about point of view, voice and character all helped make me a better writer. The course materials were good and with the tutor feedback on my assignments you get good pointers to where you need to develop. I have no complaints about the structure […]
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Tags: Creative writing, Open University, Writers Resources, Writing
Hello world!
Welcome to my first blog entry. I know, another writer blogging about writing. Many people have told me that this is the perfect way to get into a good routine of writing regularly. I’m hoping that blogging about my writing progress (or lack of it) will give me the kick I need to get it […]
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