Writing Magazine

The saying goes that “everyone has a story in them” and it’s the mission of Writing Magazine to help you get yours out. Brought to you by real experts who know what it takes to improve your writing or get published, this monthly magazine is a must-have for all writers. Whether you write fiction, poetry, drama, children’s books, non-fiction or anything else, each issue features tips, practical exercises and real-life advice, that will not only help you get all that creativity onto the paper but also, get your name and profile out into the industry. With writing masterclasses from professionals, industry news, events listings, competitions where you can submit your work for fantastic prizes and real paid writing opportunities, Writing Magazine has everything you need to hone and improve your talents.

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BIG PICTURE imagination • In the first of a new series on writing for film, James Clarke explores stepping into the world of writing a screenplay

ARTFUL intelligence: Write like a human • Gary Dalkin looks at how to spot AI slop and not write generic copy like the machine

TIPS AND TRICKS TO make your writing fly • This month, Della Galton offers advice on writing short stories

RIDING AND WRITING:A HORSE THAT NEVER LIES • American author Dennison Smith reflects on what she’s learned, as a writer, from horseback riding

GETTING UNSTUCK: THE KEYS TO THREE DOORWAYS TO HELP UNLOCK WRITING SOMETHING NEW • In this exclusive extract from her new creative writing handbook Unstuck, US author Ramona Ausubel offers strategies for making your writing flow

Passion flowers • Author Louise Beech describes why she chose to self-publish her twelfth book, and offers advice for writers considering that route into print

Going green • Leading science fiction writer Adrian Tchaikovsky talks to Tina Jackson about climate change, eco-fiction, worldbuilding and speculative mean streets where a talking raccoon takes on future-world injustice

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under the microscope • James McCreet applies a forensic micro-critique to the beginning of a reader’s manuscript

EDITING: PART TWO: STRUCTURAL EDITING • Author and tutor Ian Ayris offers insights on how to fix the story beneath the writing

MY PATH TO PUBLICATION JENNY KNIGHT • The debut novelist describes how she found her wildness and unapologetically wrote the book that mattered to her

Novel Ideas Won’t do • ‘That’ll do’ isn’t good enough, says Lynne Hackles

SHELF LIFE C.J. SKUSE • The author of young adult and adult crime novels runs through five key books that inspired her themes and ideas

FICTION OR FACT? Writing across the divide • Eleanor Buchanan has written 88 books of fiction and non-fiction. Here, she describes what each format has taught her about writing in another

The world of writing • What goes through a writer’s brain? Readers’ letters and dispatches from the wide world of writing

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: FINDING YOURSELF IN A STORY

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DARK HOMECOMING • Crime writer Luca Veste describes how he concentrated on the psychology to draw the reader into his latest crime thriller, in which he revisits his home city of Liverpool

NAME & ADDRESS • Alison Chisholm is moved by a poem that gives a voice, and a place of residence, to a homeless beach dweller

Three’s COMPANY • Helen Walters looks at using an incoming character as a catalyst to alter the existing dynamic in your fiction, with an example story by Katherine Mansfield

TAKE THE STAGE! • A theatre contest is the backdrop for a new YA novel about first love and...