All Genre feedback
This evening marks the first meeting of our revived all genre feedback sessions. When Thanet Creative started back in 2013,[…]
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Author: Matthew Brown
Matthew is a writer, web dev, and geek from Kent (UK). He is the founder and current chair of Thanet Creative as well as head geek for Author Buzz. His ambitions include seeing a film or TV series based on something he wrote. Matt is also responsible for fixing stuff on AuthorBuzz.co.uk when it breaks.
Tips for Winning NaNoWriMo
So you have decided that NaNoWriMo is the perfect time to write that novel you have been wanting to write.[…]
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NaNoWriMo in Thanet
Every year millions of people challenge themselves to write a novel in a month and then actually do it –[…]
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Novelists Writer’s Circle
Self-published novelist Lee Russell is looking to set up a writer’s circle of no more than 6 of Thanet’s writers. Lee[…]
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Getting Started with Story Writing
Getting started as a writer can often be the most intimidating part of the whole writing process. However, getting started[…]
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When and where do you write?
Where do you write and when do you write? This is something that has always fascinated me about other writers.[…]
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Minimum Viable Story
I’d like to explore an idea with you – the idea of a minimum viable story. We often overcomplicate stories[…]
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Questions: Surviving the apocalypse
How would you go about surviving the apocalypse? End of the world scenarios are a popular one for writers to explore. In[…]
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Thanet Creative’s first virtual meet-up
Today, Thanet Creative held a virtual meet-up as a test for running critique and training sessions online. This is an after[…]
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Thanet Creative: Summer Barbeque
Last year, Thanet Creative held a summer barbeque and invited all the other writing local writing groups to come and join[…]
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Writers Explore: Writing a Jewish character
Thanet, and particularly Ramsgate, owes some of its heritage to the local Jewish community. Most prominent of these influences is Sir Moses[…]
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A brief look at Kafka
We describe something as Kafkaesque when it is characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka’s fictional world.[…]
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