writing – Alex Lockwood

My running partner saw the pigeon first. It was flapping a broken wing to try and right itself, stuck...

When do you know you’re ready to write a novel? I say novel, rather than book, because although other...

Pleased to have a piece published in the new issue of SWAMP writing, published out of the University of...

Saturday 29th March, 804am, Heirloom Java House, Iowa City There are a couple of Japanese girls at the table...

(A short exercise in “putting the problem into the writing” based on a character from my novel.) The vague...

It’s Susan Orlean’s number one tip for editing. It’s Joanna Penn’s must do for final review. And Hugh Howey...

I have a small silver box full of post-it notes. Written on those post-it notes are ideas I’ve had...

Hello. Happy New Year. I’m working on a fun idea for my 40th year. A few months ago, while...

I set myself the task of completing seven non-writing actions to move me towards a professional writing career.Here was...

‘The Ego,’ says Teresa Brennan, ‘always needs a plan.’ This makes all too much sense. Back into The Writing...

The thing I notice most about novelist Haruki Murakami’s style is this: a sense that when I pick up...

Save Our Woods is a grassroots organisation that was born in 2010 to ensure that our public forest estate...