A Thank You, a Countdown and a New Nudge
Thank you to everyone who entered our first open writing competition. We had a little shy of 700 entries – a good mix of poetry and short fiction – which we thought was a fantastic response! Thank you...
View ArticleNudge # 9 One Hundred Years
I found this writing tip on Twitter from @Jill_Jepson. I liked it. It made me think about the space around me and how it exists throughout time. I liked it so much I thought it would work nicely as a...
View ArticleNudge #10 – Just One Word
This is an easy nudge, yes? Maybe. Take just one word – not a sentence, not an image – just one random word and see where it can take you. To help you on your way we’ve a word for you here: oil The...
View ArticleNudge #11 Light
What is your earliest memory of light? How about going back to that moment? Fill in the details – the colours, the people, the setting, the incident that either preceded or followed – and write. What...
View ArticleA rhyme must have…
“A rhyme must have in it some slight element of surprise if it is to give pleasure; it need not be bizarre or curious, but it must be well used, if used at all” Ezra Pound from ‘A Retrospective’. Nudge...
View ArticleNudge # 13 Dad’s Slideshow
Poet and publisher Di Slaney’s debut pamphlet from Stonewood Press, Dad’s Slideshow, will be launched 11th April. We’ve asked her to give us a writing nudge for you. Here it is. My dad is a shy,...
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