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If you want to write – read. Marinate your mind in the sentence and the word.

How do we find a voice? Figure out what’s ours – and only ours – to say?

How do we recognise a hell-raising word from one that just wants a quiet life?

How nosy are you about your protagonist? Do you know what she eats for breakfast?

To plot or not to plot – that’s the question.

Show don’t tell. Well, no, actually – show AND tell.

Yes, we need talent – but we also need discipline.

The subconscious mind can be the writer’s greatest helper – or nastiest foe.

This lesson exalts the importance of time off.

Waiting for the muse to strike? Give it up and get writing.

If you want to write good dialogue, you need good ears.

How often do you get the chance to attend a lecture by one of the Beats?

On capturing the soul of a place in words.

Hear how Graham Greene gradually evolves a character.

“Easy reading is damned hard writing,” says Maya Angelou.

If you’re going to put your work out in the world, someone’s going to take a pop at it.

Novelist Caryl Phillips considers what we can learn from the great American writer.

Discover Ray Bradbury’s simple trick for overcoming writer’s block.