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Writer’s anxiety: How to live with and overcome it

The experience of what is sometimes called writer’s anxiety can be crippling. Especially when that anxiety rears its ugly head[…]

The received wisdom is that writers should avoid adding prologue. But the humble prologue itself is not the problem –[…]

Even the most “woke” of us has an inner racist. No one is born with an inner racist. Our inner[…]

Giving advice is one thing, how you receive advice is quite another. For some reason, reciving advice is a topic[…]

Giving advice to another writer is often a core feature of a writer’s group. That’s why Thanet Creative holds a[…]

Getting published is not easy. Getting a literary agent helps but getting an agent is no small task. For example,[…]

It is said that the enemy of good is perfection. As writers, our drive for perfection can stop us from[…]

While many will have plans for romance and all that today, what better time for the rest of us to[…]

There are times when your plot calls for things to go one way but your characters want to steer your[…]

When reading other people’s writing to give feedback – for example at our All-genre Feedback Evenings – having a few[…]

I hope that all our readers have had a creative and prosperous Christmas and new year. New year is often[…]