Writing nonfiction: in a flash
Flash nonfiction is a terrific way to keep your writing juices flowing when you’re struggling to write the things you know you should be writing. Flash nonfiction is concise truth-telling, such as essays and memoirs in 750-1000 words or even shorter ‘micro’ versions. Dive in to learn more!
How you write matters
A round-up of research comparing how our brains activate when handwriting and typing, and how research-led writers can maximise the brain-benefits of good old-fashioned writing by hand.
Don’t bore your reader: sentence hacks for punchy prose
No matter what kind of research-led writer you are, your prose needs to be punchy. Like it or not we live in an attention economy so keeping eyes on the page (or screen) is vital to communicate the stories that deserve to be told.
Four lessons research-led writers can learn from poets.
Poets are maestros of pace, energy and emotion and work with astonishing linguistic economy. The worlds they conjure from only a few choice words meticulously arranged, are testament to how poems bloom in reader’s imaginations.