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Becoming a better writer, writing a novel, being a successful author - whatever your writing goal is, we’re here for you! Join two struggling writers learning everything there is to know about writing.
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S6 Ep15 - WIN £500 FOR YOUR FLASH STORY! (opens the original)
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Ya know what they say. When one door closes another door opens. And following the joyful culmination of our poetry competition comes.... OUR MASSIVE ANNUAL £500 FLASH FICTION COMPETITION - Sponsored by Scrivener ! Scrivener? Yes, of course. The wonderful writing software Scrivener. Which you should quickly go and buy a copy of, before you do anything else, in order to make the writing of things easier, more intuitive and less brain-hurty. It's an invaluable writing tool trusted by top writers fo
S6 Ep14: Poetry Competition WINNERS! (opens the original)
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It's time for us to reveal the winners in our rather spontanious poetry competition. Huge thanks to Rowan McCabe for being head judge and helping us choose the winning poems. If you want to see him live on his new tour, check out https://rowanthepoet.com/home/upcoming-gigs/ Thanks to everyone who entered - and a MASSIVE thanks to our prize sponsors - in particular Libro.fm and WritersHQ . Please do check out their stuff. Right, without further ado, get listening and find out who's won... 'cos no
S6 Ep13: Fergus Craig - future Booker prize winner (TBC) (opens the original)
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Fergus Craig. Not to be confused with Craig Ferguson. or Fraig Cergus... as sometimes happens... but not very often. You may have seen Fergus on telly. This is because he is an actor. Who acts in things. Or, perhaps you've seen him on your phone screen; a place where he likes to pop up from time to time. This is because he is also a comedian. Who does comedy. Mostly on people's phone screens. Or, OR, maybe you've read his words on the page of a book. More than one page probably. This is because
S6 Ep12: The Ultimate Guide To Editing - with Sara Grant (opens the original)
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You know what it's like. You've just tapped the words "The End" into your laptop. You've only gone and bloody done it! You've written an actual book. Congratulations. All that blood sweat and tears has paid off. You have pushed a great big 7 pounder out your imagination-hole. Time to celebrate! But hang on... waaaait up just a teeny tiny moment... Before you pop the cork on that 1998 Dom Perignon... there's something you need to do... Yes. Friend.. you need to do some EDITING. But what exactly d
S6 Ep11: The Failing Writers Podcast - LIVE - with special guest, Claire Fuller! (opens the original)
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Are you incredibly sad you missed out on seeing us live at the Alton Arts Festival? Well, don't worry! Here's the next best thing - a recording of that legendary night. And even better, we've edited out all the boring bits - like the interval and Tommy's literary quiz. (Although that is available on the full video we've posted on YouTube, if you fancy) Video of our live podcast with Claire Fuller We had a lovely time with multi-award-winning author Claire Fuller, discussing her newest book, Hung
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