Awakening the Writer Within

This month Awakening The Writer Within celebrates its fifth birthday! Our first weekend writing retreat was held from the 19th to 21st June in the beautiful setting of Kilnwick Percy in East Yorkshire.

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 the possibility of more freedom, space, and some carefully distanced social contact, though we might wonder if further tunnels are...

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 in the press? These are raw materials which fire a writer's imagination. Keep your eyes and ears open and your notebook to hand, bec...