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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Writing Magazine October 2019.
Welcome…
Dear Reader
This is always a busy month in the WM office. And not only from putting together the mammoth competition listing supplement that always accompanies this issue. The transition...
THE WORLD OF WRITING
BRAIN FOOD
(pic Geraint Lewis/Writer Pictures)
Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play. So said Phili...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We want to hear your news and views on the writing world, your advice for fellow writers – and don’t forget to tell us what you would like to see featured in a future issue… Write to: Letters ...
Editorial calendar
125 years ago The National Trust was founded in January 1895. The first property it acquired was Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex.
70 years ago
Singer Billy Ocean was...
By any other name…
People write for many different reasons. However there is, let’s be honest, a part of the process of being published which plays to the ego. Many find it nice to have a book published and see ...
Novel Ideas
Think writing has an age limit? Lynne Hackles takes inspiration from an octagenarian
Awesome, Ada
A while back, I saw a comment online from a writer who suggested that older writers shou...