Writing Magazine  |  May 2021
Bumper issue, including your guide to literary festivals in 2021, with more than 100 festivals to attend, including virtual events.
In the rest of the May issue, discover how to boost your creativity:, with new ways to work and new ideas to try. Read bestselling author Karen Maitland's breakdown of the first five pages of her new novel, and discover how our star interview Kate Mosse writes thoroughly modern historical fiction.
Also in the issue, we look at the actual costs of self publishing, ask whether hard times make us write better, examine why we need to read and write stories and wonder if AI can do our proofreading for us!
And don't forget all the latest opportunities to get into print and enter competitions in the packed pages of Writers' News!
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Writing Magazine May 2021.