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Here and There: A Memoir. Imagine two small children clambering behind their mother up a steep staircase carpeted with ragged red and gold dragons. They’ve come by train from… Read More »GCSE English Creative Writing Tuition : Memoir Writing ( Bolton Manchester)
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Ticket To Ride: Creative Writing Inspiration from Trains and Railway Stations. The train plunged into a tunnel. The calm, monotonous voice was drowned. At the next table, a small one,… Read More »GCSE Creative Writing: Using Trains and Railway Station( Bolton English Tuition)
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Phoenix writers met for a critique session last week, before the summer break. I wrote this in my sunny yard, trying to make a conversation between two people carry an… Read More »Creative Writing Tuition: Bolton Manchester and Bury.(GCSE English Tutor Bolton)
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Several weeks ago Phoenix writers enjoyed an excellent workshop on Memoir Writing by Anne Caldwell. We were asked to create a short scene of about 500 words in which conflict… Read More »Creative Writing Bolton Manchester Phoenix Writers : Conflict and atmosphere!
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We all feel ‘stuck’ sometimes with our writing and the most common problem I hear as an English tutor in Bolton is: ‘I don’t know where to start.” Hemingway’s… Read More »Creative Writing: Hemingway’s Best Advice? ONE TRUE SENTENCE!
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