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Month: September 2017

Writers Explore6 Comments
mental illness

Writers Explore: Mental Illness

27th September 201724th May 2018 Matthew Brown

Mental illness is a topic that has long fascinated writers. Mental illness has been the topic of many different stories, with varying degrees of accuracy and success. One hurdle we writers must overcome to tell an authentic story is how we … Continue reading Writers Explore: Mental Illness

Thanet Creative2 Comments
voice

Why adding your voice to ours matters

23rd September 201724th May 2018 Matthew Brown

When you join Thanet Creative as a charity member you add your voice to ours. With a collective, your voice and ours together is far more powerful than when separate. Standing up for writers One of the things that Thanet Creative exists … Continue reading Why adding your voice to ours matters

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Advice on writing better

22nd September 2017 Matthew Brown

I could give you advice on writing better (in general) but as I am still learning, here is what the experts are saying. We recently asked what makes a good writer? Here are some tips (mostly from other people) on how … Continue reading Advice on writing better

Advice4 Comments

How many of these hack writing techniques are you guilty of?

17th September 2017 Matthew Brown

Hack writing is the fastest way to go from interesting story to trite and boring without really trying. In almost all cases hack writing is a result of lazy storytelling often combined with a failure to write for the reader. How … Continue reading How many of these hack writing techniques are you guilty of?

Characters3 Comments

How to write interesting and compelling female characters

16th September 2017 Matthew Brown

Female characters. For whatever reason, they do not get the same page time as their male counterparts. There are no good reason for it aside from perhaps a lack of understanding of how to write a compelling female character. Following … Continue reading How to write interesting and compelling female characters

Being a writer, Opinion4 Comments
Charles Dickens

What makes you a good writer?

12th September 2017 Matthew Brown

What makes a good writer? Specifically, what does it take to make you a good writer? This post is inspired by Thanet Writer and author, Matthew Munson’s blog post. I took his main points and examined them one by one to … Continue reading What makes you a good writer?

Competitions2 Comments

September Writing Competition

10th September 201710th September 2017 Matthew Brown

A new site, a new competition! Are you ready, writers? Explain the series of events that ties these images together How to enter Unlike our last competition which ran week to week, this one will run month to month. Also … Continue reading September Writing Competition

Advice, Getting Published1 Comment
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5 ways to blog from Thanet now

9th September 20178th September 2017 Matthew Brown

Thanet Creative exists to create opportunities for Thanet’s many writers. Some of us writers like to blog – here are five ways you can. Blogging for sites related to your field of writing is a fantastic way to get new links. Those … Continue reading 5 ways to blog from Thanet now

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What do we mean by “Thanet’s writers”?

8th September 20178th September 2017 Matthew Brown

A term that we have used on this blog a lot is “Thanet’s writers”. What do we mean exactly? It could, for example, be taken to mean the historical writers from Thanet’s past. People like Dickens, for example. This is, … Continue reading What do we mean by “Thanet’s writers”?

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Thanet Creative (formally Thanet Creative Writers)

8th September 20178th September 2017 Matthew Brown

Thanet Creative Writers is now Thanet Creative. If you want to know what’s up with the new name, keep reading. At our AGM yesterday members voted unanimously to simplify our name from Thanet Creative Writers to Thanet Creative. This was in … Continue reading Thanet Creative (formally Thanet Creative Writers)

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Hello world!

7th September 20178th September 2017 Matthew Brown

Welcome to Thanet Creative on Author Buzz Blogs. This will be the new home of the site of the charity previously known as Thanet Creative Writers. Here we will be posting the same great stuff that we had been sharing on … Continue reading Hello world!

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