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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.
Where Do The Best Ideas Actually Come From?
The best way to answer this question is with one word: everywhere. Inspiration and ideas can strike at any time from anywhere. One of the best ways to generate ideas for stories is to jot down anything that strikes you
This week on the Derbyshire Writing School, Blog Lauren has been exploring where her ideas come from and what inspires her to write, perhaps these tools can help you on your writing journey too.
Why You Should Love Your Thesaurus (but not too much)
The secret to using ‘said’ effectively is by using it sparingly.
The problem with this is that when you are writing a long piece of work, it becomes increasingly harder to hide it. This is when you may reach for your thesaurus. But beware, this may prove to be your downfall.
Help! Show Don’t Tell, What Does It Really Mean?
Show don’t tell. A piece of advice every writer has heard at some point. But what does it really mean? And how do you show and not tell? This blog post explains.
Four Inspiring Artist Dates You Can Take Around Derbyshire
Essentially, artist dates are about taking a break to get back in touch with your creativity
Julia Cameron, a teacher of creative writing in America describes the artist date is ‘a once weekly solo expedition to explore something that enchants you or interests you.’