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Open Readings Meeting – In partnership with the Barbican Library
The next Writers Initiative open reading will be held at the Barbican Library in central London. If you live or can travel in Central [...]
Open Readings (Online) – In partnership with the Barbican Library
Open readings (online) in partnership with the Barbican Library. Join us in a friendly atmosphere for a chance to read out your written work [...]
Worldbuilding for Fiction (Part 2 of 2)
Worldbuilding Categories For anyone new to worldbuilding, breaking the task of creating a whole story world down into manageable chunks can seem insurmountable. The [...]
Worldbuilding for Fiction (Part 1 of 2)
The art of worldbuilding may seem exclusive to authors writing in the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres, but the fundamentals utilise skills common to [...]
No One Makes a Non-Christmas Christmas Film Quite Like Nora Ephron
No One Makes a Non-Christmas Christmas Film Quite Like Nora Ephron Nostalgia and Christmas go together like turkey and stuffing, or Santa and reindeer. [...]
Christmas Jazz – Ambient Background Music For Writing
Christmas Jazz - Ambient Background Music With Christmas approaching and the cold and freezing weather drawing in here is some relaxing and uplifting Jazz [...]
Do they know it’s Krampus?
Do they know it's Krampus? Every child knows the name of Santa Claus, the man in the red suit who provides them with gifts [...]
Writers Initiative Website – Over 2 and half thousand visitors last month!
Writers Initiative Website - Over 2 and half thousand visitors last month! A quick update here regarding the Writers Initiative website. Last month was its [...]