A muse for your NaNoWriMo
With NaNoWriMo upon us again, you may be left wondering, “what do I write about?” Fear not for we have you covered with a side project called, The Muse of Last Resort. You may wish to take on the Writing … Continue reading A muse for your NaNoWriMo
Writer’s night is back
Thanet Creative’s famous Writer’s Night at the London Tavern is back. The first night of writing support will be this coming Tuesday at 7:30pm (1930 hrs). Writer’s Night is a gathering for writers to bring fiction, essays, or poems for … Continue reading Writer’s night is back
How Zipf’s law applies to every writer’s word count
Did you know that Zipf’s law applies to every writer’s word count? Zipf also applies to the word count of all the words you have ever spoken. If you have never encountered Zipf before, it basically means that you use … Continue reading How Zipf’s law applies to every writer’s word count
A great week of children’s workshops
Our week-long series of children’s creative writing workshops came to end on Friday with a brilliant play. The play “Aliens vs Astronauts” was written and performed by the children. The week of workshops – a year and a half in … Continue reading A great week of children’s workshops
A week of creative writing workshops for children
Thanet Creative is pleased to announce its 2019 children’s creative writing week. Thanet Creative has received funding from the Arts Council to run a 4-day children’s creative writing festival in Margate. The creative writing workshops will run during the week … Continue reading A week of creative writing workshops for children
Do you actually value your writing?
Recently we have been talking about how you value your writing. This discussion has mostly been in our Facebook group but I recently put the question out on twitter too. Opinions on valuing your writing Opinion seems to be split … Continue reading Do you actually value your writing?
This blog selected for Top 20 Creative Writing Blogs
Feedspot recently released it’s listing of the “Top 20 Creative Writing Blogs, Websites & Newsletters in 2019” and we are on that list. According to the Feedspot website, their best creative writing blogs list uses data from thousands of top … Continue reading This blog selected for Top 20 Creative Writing Blogs
Writing a business plan for your writing
It might seem like a crazy idea but have you ever stopped to consider the benefits of writing a business plan for you as a writer? Let’s go through the steps of creating a business plan to see how they … Continue reading Writing a business plan for your writing
Writing a letter from your main character
Today I’d like to challenge you to get to know your own character better – by writing a letter from them to you. In your letter, have your character explain what they hope their outcome will be. Are they keen … Continue reading Writing a letter from your main character
How to publish a guest post
In this post, I take a look at guest posting and how you can publish a guest post on this blog. What is guest posting? Guest posting (sometimes called guest blogging) is a way of writing for another blog to … Continue reading How to publish a guest post
6 Questions to ask a new writing group
So, you have come along to a writer’s circle for the first time, what do you ask a new writing group? We’ve been talking a lot about writing groups and where to find Thanet’s writing groups. Now we are going … Continue reading 6 Questions to ask a new writing group
5 Signs your writing group is a real treasure
We have talked before about the signs that your writing group is bad for you but what if your group is a diamond in the rough? Here is our take on the signs that your writing group is a treasure … Continue reading 5 Signs your writing group is a real treasure