Awakening the Writer Within

In this month’s blog we are taking a look at narration. We’re asking ourselves ‘who is telling this story’? Take a look at the three...

In this month’s blog we are taking a look at metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that...

This month Awakening The Writer Within celebrates its fifth birthday! Our first weekend writing retreat was held from the 19th to 21st June

Hello and welcome to summer! Is there light at the end of the tunnel? As many of us emerge from a locked-down spring into summer, there’s...

This blog is about writing characters. It has examples and exercises to help you breathe life into your fictional characters.

What gets you writing? Something you overhear on a train, a place you visit on holiday, a facial expression you catch in a cafe, a story...