Wishing you all a creative Christmas
We here at Thanet Creative want to wish you an excellent Christmas, New Year, and /or other festivals of joy[…]
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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.
This is how you stop character names giving you writer’s block
For some writers, character name selection can cause massive writer’s block. Naming your characters can seem like the most pressing[…]
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Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival
The Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival runs from the 15th to the 27th of August. The Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival is[…]
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Glenn Gers: If you can’t answer these 6 questions you don’t have a story
Glenn Gers shares the six questions that all stories must answer. Who is about What do they want Why can’t[…]
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Do you make these two newbie writing mistakes?
These two writing mistakes which a particular pet peeve of mine. No matter how well everything else is written, these[…]
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Trap doors, off-ramps, and the monsters in waiting
This post is about a writing theory I have – a theory I call trap doors, off-ramps, and monsters in[…]
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Word Choice: The secret power of a great writer
Word choice matters when crafting a story. Good word choice can make a good story into a great one. Just[…]
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What do you want to learn about WordPress?
I started putting together a free course on getting started with WordPress. Then christmas, COVID, Brexit, and other excuses happened[…]
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Which creative activities get you hyped?
Let us talk about the creative activities that get you really hyped. For me that is writing or coding. Once[…]
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What is your dream creative job?
This week we have been talking about creative jobs. Creative jobs According to a truly minimal search of the Internet,[…]
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Five places you can find inspiration
Inspiration to write can be found almost anywhere if you know how to look for it. Here are five ideas[…]
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Writers explore fame
Fame. What is it good for? In this article we take a writerly exploration of fame. Many of us want[…]
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