Stop worrying about active or passive voice
This post is about “active voice” and “passive voice” in writing. I will show you why you should not worry[…]
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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.
A fresh new look for summer
I am pleased to announce a fresh new look for our website. Yes, I know that we only changed things[…]
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Thanet Creative: Charity Trustees Update
Thanet Creative is pleased to announce a new charity secretary and trustees. This post was scheduled for 28th April 2018[…]
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Crafting a character backstory like an RPG player
Crafting a unique character with an interesting character backstory is quite easy – all you need to do is ask[…]
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The scene and scene-sequel
Any story can be broken down into scenes and each scene works in the same way. You probably know that[…]
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Overcoming Writer’s Block
Writer’s block – when you don’t have it and the muse is with you it is great and when she[…]
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A vision for Thanet Creative
Often I write for Thanet Creative as us; today I write only as me. I write to set out my[…]
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Three questions every test reader should ask
If you come to Thanet Creative’s events for writers, sooner or later you may be asked to be a test[…]
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A day of social meetups for Thanet’s writers
This week sees Thanet’s writers meeting for not one but two social meetups. This Wednesday (the 28th) has become a[…]
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Snow vs Writer Events
In case it had not escaped your notice the roads are pretty icy due to snow. We at Thanet Creative value[…]
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Final Week of Platform Building
We are now in week four of the Awesome Blogger awards – that’s right one more week of platform building[…]
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Awesome Blogger Awards – February Week 3
Tomorrow sees the beginning of Week 3 of the February Awesome Blogger awards. so far we’ve already seen some really interesting contributions[…]
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