Creative Writing
Free Short Story Writing Course – The Character Arc
Creative Writing, Free Writing CourseWhat happens to my character in a story?
About Writing From the Ashes
Creative Writing, Free Writing Course, Short Story WritingAs part of my creative writing degree I had to write commentaries and reflections on the stories I wrote. I am publishing edited versions of here as they give some insight into my thoughts during the fiction writing process.
From the Ashes
Creative Writing, Short Stories
Free Short Story Writing Course – The Story Arc
Creative Writing, Free Writing CourseIn every story something has to change otherwise it’s just a narration.
Free Short Story Writing Course – Story Archetypes
Creative Writing, Free Writing CourseThere’s no new plot you can think of – they’ve all been done before. It’s the way you tell your story, its twists and turns, that makes your writing different.
Free Short Story Writing Course – Dialogue
Creative Writing, Free Writing CourseWriting dialogue is fun and a great way to build your characters and create narrative tension.
The Doctor’s Tale
Creative Writing, PoetryHumorous Poem by Simon Pocklington
I was called to pronounce life extinct on a poet Could it be that in revolt at being badly written his poems had finally ganged up on him. And one night whilst he slept smothered him like spoilt children plotting to dispose of a parent to inherit freedom. But in this case his poems unpublished would die with him.
Inspired by a comment made to me by a police doctor.
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Illustrated Poem - From the Ashes
Will an old romance be rekindled in the ashes of Pompeii? - The Doctor’s Tale
Humorous poem - Sitting Duck
Love and betrayal in wartime England echoes into the present day. - The New Suit
Something is watching Johnathan Mills and he is just what it is looking for. - Breakfast at the Holiday Inn
Humorous observational poem - The Mail Run
Can a wounded ex-pilot save an American bomber - The Butterfly Effect
Have you ever been stuck in a time warp before breakfast
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Free Short Story Writing Course – Point of View
Creative Writing, Free Writing CourseWriting from different points of view – the basics explained
Sitting Duck
Creative Writing, Short StoriesLove and betrayal in Battle of Britain echoes into the present day.
In 1988 LWT produced a TV series, Piece of Cake, depicting a fictional RAF squadron in the early part of World War II and the Battle of Britain. The series was criticised for depicting some of ‘The Few’ as snobbish bullies and ungentlemanly rogues as does this story. The Few may not all have been perfect gentlemen, they were human, but they were heroes.