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Start as you mean to go on

Posted 18 March 2016 Make sure your book begins in such a way that readers – and editors – can’t put it down, says Amy Sparkes

Truth or dare

Posted 18 March 2016 Making things up is a novelist’s job, but writers of historical fiction need to make it credible for their readers, says Margaret James

Grow as a children’s writer

Posted 18 March 2016 Author Amy Sparkes suggests five creative ways to grow your children’s writing career

Caught in the web

Posted 18 March 2016 Lure readers into your website, and keep them there, with advice for writing compelling online copy from Tina Jackson

LOVE STRUCK

Posted 22 December 2015 Is your partner abusing you physically or mentally? A third of us will be the victim of domestic abuse at the hands of someone we love, but most of us won’t necessarily realise it. GT investigates how to tell if you’re in an abusive relationship – and how to escape.

The greatest motherfucker - John Grant

Posted 22 December 2015 What can be said about John Grant that hasn’t been said before? It’d be a cliché to call him the greatest motherfucker that we’re ever gonna meet, right? After all, it’s the chorus for GMF – probably the track most people know him for, from his magnum opus Pale Green Ghosts.

The Queen of Clubs

Posted 22 December 2015 She’s given us Love and Kisses, helped us Put the Needle on It and made us Begin to Wonder… Whether or not she’d ever release any new material, that is. But now, eight years after her last studio album, Dannii Minogue is back. And not a moment too soon, if the crowd at Manchester Pride is anything to go by…

Gay asylum seekers

Posted 22 December 2015 It’s no secret that gay people are fleeing from the 78 countries that’ve outlawed homosexuality. But on reaching the UK, LGBT asylum seekers face discrimination, detainment and violence. Is it time the law changed?

Writing Magazine - Made for mobile

Posted 08 December 2015 NEW Made for Mobile edition now available - it's never been easier to read Writing Magazine on the go!

Writing techniques & tricks

Posted 08 December 2015 The former Children’s Laureate writes with humour and gritty realism about what life is like for modern children, says Tony Rossiter