Best Write Club The Podcast For Aspiring Writers Podcasts (2024)

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100 | Looking Back Over 100 Episodes & Two Years Of Podcasting 52:03

5y ago52:03

52:03

Stephanie's in the Chair, Heather reads from her Work In Progress, Linda stumps us all with her "Name The Novel" and Theresa delves deep in some little known punctuation. Then we all look back over the last two years and pick out our favourite episodes, highlighting what we have learned and our endless gratitude to all our literary guests. Write Cl…

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099 | Editing Talk, Tips & Tools & Theresa Reads 53:12

5y ago53:12

53:12

Heather's in the Chair, Theresa updates up on Ronela's adventures, Stephanie shares some colourful language and Pat asks us to "Name The Novel". Everyone discusses editing and share their favourite editing tips, tricks and tools, before Nicola shares what's on her Bedside Table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, publishe…

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098 | Talking Heroes & Villains And Pat Reads 43:23

5y ago43:23

43:23

Theresa's in the Chair, Pat reads the conclusion of her "Maggie" story for critique, Linda shares some Famous Last Words and we discuss the qualities of good Heroes & even better Villains, naming a few favourites. Pat shares what's on her bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers ever…

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097 | Family History & Heather Reads 47:16

5y ago47:16

47:16

Pat's in the chair, Theresa foxes with 'Name The Novel', Heather reads, Nicola enlightens and challenges with a new platform to share your stories, then Linda reveals what's on her bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa Stoker, Heather Wors…

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096 | Dialogue Tags & Pat Reads 49:19

5y ago49:19

49:19

Linda's in the Chair, Nicola challenges remotely with Name The Novel, Pat's updating us on Maggie's romantic life, Heather's losing the plot and we discuss dialogue tags. We update each other on our writing lives then Stephanie shares what's on her bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and re…

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095 | Plot Points & Linda Reads 51:01

5y ago51:01

51:01

Heather's in the Chair and Linda's reading her work in progress. Pat refreshes us on the semi-colon and manages to make it fun and interesting! We all discuss plot points using our own works as examples and Theresa's shares what's on her bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers every…

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094 | Therapeutic Reading & Nicola Sings Her Work In Progress (Sort Of) 41:50

5y ago41:50

41:50

This week Theresa, Linda, Pat and Heather are toughing it out on their own, with Nicola and Stephanie beaming in their contributions from afar. They discuss Therapeutic Reading, after Stephanie wonders if anyone has been called 'pretty' and if so, if they really know what it means. In the spirit of the song lyric discussion last week, Nicola's 'wor…

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093 | Song Lyrics & Theresa Reads 43:42

5y ago43:42

43:42

Heather's in the Chair this week, Pat is setting 'Naming The Novel', Theresa is reading from her 'Work In Progress' and everyone's discussing song lyrics. Nicola and Anne Zouroudi tell us what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie …

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092 | Writing Features & Linda Reads 1:13:17

5y ago1:13:17

1:13:17

This week Theresa sets the "Name The Novel", Nicola gets us free writing, Linda updates us on Mary Magdalene's travels and travails. Then we talk about writing features, before catching up on our own writing lives then Stephanie shares what's on her bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and r…

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091 | Poets Of Instagram & Nicola Reads 1:07:28

5y ago1:07:28

1:07:28

Linda beats us all with her "Name The Novel" while Nicola makes us all laugh with her WIP. Stephanie has a little rant and we discuss the "Poets Of Instagram" phenomena and interview Amy Lee Tempest (apologies for the slight distortion on the sound but it's a great interview!). Heather and John Lomas Bullivant share what's on their respective bedsi…

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090 | Talking Settings & Stephanie Reads 1:01:15

5y ago1:01:15

1:01:15

This week we discuss setting, we interview Becca Puglisi, Nicola foxes even Theresa with her "Name The Novel", Stephanie reads from her WIP, Heather amuses albeit briefly and Pat shares what's on her bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa S…

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089 | AudioBooks & Heather Reads 51:00

5y ago51:00

51:00

This week we are celebrating Nicola's non-fiction book going onto Audible, talking about whether we enjoy listening to audiobooks & podcasts and how easy or difficult it is to make this happen, as an author. Heather reads from her Work In Progress, Pat amuses & educates and Stephanie sets the "Name The Novel" challenge. Theresa and Helen Suddards s…

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088 | Narrative Non-Fiction & Pat Reads 53:21

5y ago53:21

53:21

This week we discuss narrative non-fiction and interview Rita Wilson about her book "Greek Lessons: A Cultural Odyssey". Pat reads from her Work In Progress, Theresa explores the redundant letter yogh, and Linda and Xander Cansell share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, publishe…

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087 | Writing Horror & Theresa Reads 1:03:26

5y ago1:03:26

1:03:26

We are back after our summer break and as well as catching up with "Our Writing Lives" we are talking about writing horror. Theresa brings us up to date with Ronela's adventures and Linda tries to catch us out with British slang. Pat asks us to "Name The Novel" and Nicola shares what's on her bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show f…

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086 | Talking Dialogue & Linda Reads 59:45

5+ y ago59:45

59:45

In the last podcast of the season, we discuss dialogue and Linda reads from her work in progress. Nicola shares a techie tip, Theresa foxes us with 'Name The Novel' and Stephanie and Yiorgos Hadjimatheou share what's on their bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join…

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085 | Talking About Foreshadowing & Nicola Reads 51:21

5+ y ago51:21

51:21

This week we are joined by a special guest, Alizon Robertson, live in the studio! Alizon shares some tips on effective foreshadowing and Nicola reads from her WIP where she attempts to use foreshadowing. Discover how effective she is and also, which books are on Heather and Alizon's bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiri…

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084 | Writing Memoir & Stephanie Reads 1:02:23

5+ y ago1:02:23

1:02:23

How does writing memoir differ from historical fiction and creative fiction? We discuss and Linda interviews Ann Richardson, who facilitates a popular memoir writing group. Nicola chooses this week's challenge for Name The Novel, Heather enlightens us on the difference between Creole and Cajun and Pat Woolfe and Helen Suddards share what they are r…

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083 | Believable & Memorable Characters 1:07:54

5+ y ago1:07:54

1:07:54

We discuss believable & memorable characters; how to write them and those that stand out for us from our favourite books. Heather reads from her new Work In Progress, Pat enlightens us about the use of the hyphen. Theresa and Claire Handscombe share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writ…

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082 | Talking Genre and Pat Reads 1:03:57

5+ y ago1:03:57

1:03:57

This week we're keeping it all in-house and talking genre, while we get specific using Nicola and Linda as guinea pigs. Pat is reading from her Work In Progress while Theresa shares a Word Of The Week. Linda and Theresa also share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published auth…

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081 | Cosy Crime (Or Is It?) & Interview With Anne Zouroudi 1:08:59

5+ y ago1:08:59

1:08:59

Packed episode this week with Theresa reading from her WIP, Linda updating us on words that have been added to the English Dictionary, we all talk about our Writing Lives, Heather interviews Anne Zouroudi and Nicola and Helen Suddards share what is on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, pub…

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080 | What's Hot For Summer & Simone Hubbard Interview 1:01:18

5+ y ago1:01:18

1:01:18

We discuss the hottest summer reads, Theresa tests us with Name The Novel, Linda reads from her Work In Progress, then Nicola reveals who is writing the Game Of Thrones prequel. Heather and Pat interview Simone Hubbard before Steph and John Lomas Bullivant tell us what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show fo…

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079 | Well-being For Writers & Nicola Reads 1:00:46

5+ y ago1:00:46

1:00:46

We're talking about well-being for writers and Nicola reads her travel Work In Progress. Linda sets the Name The Novel, Theresa interviews Helen Suddards (and gets an unexpected yoga lesson) while Heather and Angela King share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors …

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078 | Plot Versus Structure & Theresa Reads 52:40

5+ y ago52:40

52:40

This week we update you on our writing lives, Theresa reads from her Work In Progress, we're discussing Plot Versus Structure, then listener Frank Carver and Pat share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa Stoke…

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077 | Talking Themes & Heather Reads 46:29

5+ y ago46:29

46:29

This week we're talking themes, Heather reads, Theresa amuses and educates and Kate MacDonald shares what's on her bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa Stoker, Heather Worsley, Linda Jack Werlein, Pat Woolfe & Nicola Cairncross each week …

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076 | Flash Fiction & Interview With Gail Aldwin 42:56

5+ y ago42:56

42:56

This week we are talking about Flash Fiction, Steph & Linda interview Gail Aldwin, Pat reads and Nicola shares some techie tips on screenwriting, from Las Vegas. Theresa and Matt Owen share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephani…

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075 | Historical Crime Fiction & Interview With Angela King 51:09

5+ y ago51:09

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Historical Crime Fiction is the topic this week with a great interview with author Angela King. Stephanie reads from "Lacking Grace" and Heather shares her word of the week. Xander Cansell and Stephanie share what is currently on their bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everyw…

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074 | Focus On Self Publishing & Nicola Reads 48:43

5+ y ago48:43

48:43

Nicola reads from her WIP, Steph shares a Word Of The Week, we update listeners on Our Writing Lives and Bambi Lynn, JF Penn and Peter Flannery tell us how they became self-published authors, giving us some great tips along the way. Nicola and Graham Smith share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for …

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073 | A Crime Writers Journey: Interview With Noelle Halten 38:13

5+ y ago38:13

38:13

We are joined by crime-writer Noelle Holten this week, Linda brings us up to date with Mary Magdelene and Steph's in charge on Name The Novel. Heather educates and entertains and Theresa and Bambi Lynn shares what's on their bedside tables this week. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywh…

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072 | Writing For TV & An Interview With Matt Owen 1:01:35

5+ y ago1:01:35

1:01:35

On Bill's birthday (again!) we're talking about writing for TV with an interview with Matt Owen, Theresa sets a more difficult "Name The Novel" than last week, Heather shares a poem all about us, the Write Club ladies, and Nicola shares a techie tip. Linda and Sara Gangai from the Winchester Writers' Festival share what's on their respective bedsid…

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071 | Short Story Writing & Sarah Bower Interview 41:20

5+ y ago41:20

41:20

It's all about short story writing today, with a fascinating interview with prize-winning novelist and short story writer, Sarah Bower. Steph reads from her Work In Progress "Lacking Grace" and Theresa shares her word of the week. Nicola and Morgan Bailey share the books on their bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring …

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070 | Transmedia & Children's Brands 1:06:10

5+ y ago1:06:10

1:06:10

We interview John Lomas Bullivant from Kickback Media about transmedia and children's brands. Nicola reads from her Work In Progress, Steph educates or entertains, Heather and Judith Henagan share what's on their bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Ro…

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069 | April Fool's Day & Literary Pranks 53:29

5+ y ago53:29

53:29

On April Fool's Day, we are sharing updates on our writing lives, we count up the size of our Tsundokus and discuss our favourite literary pranks. Steph and Eve White share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa …

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068 | Crowdfunded Publishing & Linda Reads 1:05:40

5+ y ago1:05:40

1:05:40

Ever thought of crowdfunding your novel, literary festival or collection of short stories? This week we talk to people who have done all three, also Xander Cansell from Unbound. We have a guest 'Name The Novel', Linda reads from her Work In Progress and Nicola attempts to explain internal & external story values. Sharing the books on their bedside …

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067 | (Not) Religious Fiction, JF Penn Interview & Pat Reads 42:26

5+ y ago42:26

42:26

We interview the prolific author JF Penn about her spiritual thrillers, Pat kills off another of her protagonists, then Heather tells her about her word of the week. We have a discussion about spiritual and religious fiction and Steph and founder of the Cymera Festival, Ann Landmann tell us what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The …

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066 | Writing For Magazines & Interview With Patsy Collins 1:08:51

5+ y ago1:08:51

1:08:51

We interview Patsy Collins who is hugely successful in writing for magazines internationally as well as being a five times novelist. Nicola reads another possible opening scene for the Torus Trilogy and Theresa shares her word of the week. Linda and Eve White share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show f…

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065 | Writing Erotic Fiction & Stephanie Reads 57:00

5+ y ago57:00

57:00

In this hilarious episode, we are talking about writing erotic fiction among other things! Pat reveals the British Library has just digitized their "Private Cases", Steph reads from a new WIP, Linda and Nicola interview Bambi Lynn, writer of spicy medieval romance and Viking and Gladiator inspired erotic stories. Finally Theresa and Heather reveal …

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064 | Our Writing Lives & Independent Publishers 1:03:14

5+ y ago1:03:14

1:03:14

We discuss our writing lives and update each other on our progress. Nicola's very excited about The Story Grid book & podcast and gives an overview of how that works for both aspiring writers and writers wanting to edit their own books. Heather reads a new poem, then we talk about Independent Publishers and how they differ, before interviewing Kate…

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063 | Literary Festivals & Theresa Reads 57:59

6y ago57:59

57:59

We discuss Literary Festivals and interview the organisers of the Winchester Festival, the Mani Lit Fest and Nicola tracks down the founder of the brand new Cymera Festival, the UK's first Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Festival. Theresa reads from her new dystopian young adult novel and Linda spills the beans about that Kurt Vonnegut critique. …

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062 | Looking Forward 2019 & Active Versus Passive Voice 46:25

6y ago46:25

46:25

In this episode, we discuss Active & Passive Voice, Linda reads from her Work In Progress and we share the books we are most looking forward to in 2019. Theresa and Ludo Cinelli from the Eve White Literary Agency share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and read…

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061 | Writers Retreats, Workshops and Intensive Courses 1:01:59

6y ago1:01:59

1:01:59

We interview Graham Smith, author and founder of "Crime & Publishment", discuss writing retreats & workshops, both "real world" & online, Pat reads her new work in progress and Steph and Sam Blake share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. …

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060 | Winning Writing Competitions (Insider Information) 1:05:16

6y ago1:05:16

1:05:16

We interview Morgen Bailey, who's an author, editor, competition columnist & judge, Nicola reads from her work in progress, Theresa shares her word of the week, we catch up on our writing lives over Christmas and Linda and Eve White share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, publis…

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059 | Effective Critiquing: What Kurt Vonnegut Thought Of Linda's WIP 1:05:02

6y ago1:05:02

1:05:02

This week we have some big news, we discuss effective critiquing and check out some online sites where you can get critiqued. Linda tells us what Kurt Vonnegut thought of her early work. Nicola reveals her new website for writers and Steph reads from her new, rather sinister work in progress. Pat is back in her "Grammar Police" guise and Heather an…

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058 | Creating Characters Children Love & We Interview The Creator Of Wonky Donkey 59:41

6y ago59:41

59:41

It's not only Winnie The Pooh Day but we have a heart-warming interview with Craig Smith, New Zealand based creator of the now world-famous Wonky Donkey. Heather reads from her new Work In Progress and we patch Nicola and Linda through from the UK and USA respectively for various parts of the show! Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiri…

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057 | Interview With Two Literary Agents & Theresa Reads 54:08

6y ago54:08

54:08

We interview Eve and Ludo from the Eve White Literary Agency, Theresa reads from her new fairytale WIP, Linda reveals something from her new favourite website and Nicola and Tim Cocker share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephan…

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056 | Happy New Year & We Choose Our Favourite Bits 52:19

6y ago52:19

52:19

Over the year, here at Write Club The Podcast, we have endeavoured to be both educational and entertaining as well as interviewing some cracking guests. In this episode, we each look back over the year and take on an impossible task, choosing just one or two of our "favourite bits". Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, publ…

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055 | Christmas In Novels & Linda Reads 47:05

6y ago47:05

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This week we explore Christmas in novels and discuss how you could update a festive classic. Talking of which, Nicola puts some classics through the Hemingway Test and Linda reads from her "work in progress". Fantasy writer Peter Flannery shares what is on his bedside table. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published au…

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054 | Christmas Presents For Writers & Pat Reads 37:01

6y ago37:01

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This week we hear from Theresa, who's found some amazing gifts for writers, Pat reads and Heather shares her "Word Of The Week". We all talk about what we would like for Christmas and Linda and Sam Blake share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers every…

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053 | Christmas Gifts For Readers & Nicola Reads 39:26

6y ago39:26

39:26

It's all very festive around here, with Linda sharing brilliant Christmas gifts for readers (and for writers next week), Theresa's got a seasonal "Word Of The Week" to share, while Nicola reads her WIP. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa Stoker, Heath…

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052 | Our First Birthday & Stephanie Reads Her New WIP 55:52

6y ago55:52

55:52

It's our First Birthday on the podcast and we're joined by some very special guests! Stephanie reads from a new Work In Progress, Pat tells us all about the Happy Birthday tune, we share what difference doing the podcast has made to both our lives and our writing. Theresa and Monica Stott share what's on their respective bedside tables. Write Club …

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0: 051 | A Sense Of Place & Heather Reads 47:41

6y ago47:41

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We all agree that creating a strong sense of place is very important in a great book and we share some passages from our favourite books that have made us want to visit. We also discuss some useful writing exercises to help create a sense of place. Heather reads from one of her longer short stories which is partly set overseas. Nicola and Keziah Fr…

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