Awakening the Writer Within

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, because observation is a crucial resource for writers, and what you see and hear are important sources for fiction, poetry and drama. Memory is another key resource and rummaging through the filing system of your b