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No matter where you are on your creative writing journey, we can help you build your knowledge and grow your creativity. Updated weekly, our blog will inspire and support you with tips & tricks and useful resources.

5 Idea Inducing Books To Boost Your Creativity
It’s important to explore books that will boost your creativity and develop your imagination.
We have listed some of our favourite books about creativity here at Derbyshire Writing School. It’s so important to keep reading for ideas. Keep looking for more fuel to fill your creative well. Find authors that make you feel excited, empowered and motivated. The best books about creativity will make you feel full, ready to bring your own ideas on to the page.

5 Amazing Books That Will Improve Your Writing
It’s important to explore craft books and understand the skill and challenges involved in writing.
Learning from the great writers and storytellers that have come before us can be a great way to develop our writing. We have listed some of our favourite books about writing here at Derbyshire Writing School.

This Is How Creative Writing Can Be Amazingly Therapeutic
Are the words you write helping you in ways you didn’t even realise? Writing is a really powerful tool during tough times. There is something about taking thoughts from our head and getting them down on the page which makes us feel so much better. This creative writing blog and this post is all about exploring how our creative writing can be therapeutic.

5 Incredible Independent Derbyshire Bookshops We Love
There are lots of inspiring independent bookshops in Derbyshire, and we’d certainly recommend a day out exploring these treasure chests of shops. From Scrivener’s Books and Bookbinding, The Barrister’s Book Chamber, High Peak Bookstore and Cafe, Peak Volumes and Scarthin Books.