Creative Writing in Suffolk.
https://suffolkinterestwriting.carrd.co/
This is a project that will become a resource for writers.
November 2020. The writer of this is in Suffolk UK. But obviously the words are relevant futher affiled. And this will have a focus on theraputic writing too. Feel free to email reports in Some of this is arip and remix of work from 2005 - 2010 - there WILL be dead links. And and material you would like included.
Resources for Writers from around the World.
https://litreactor.com/
I've recently become aware of litreactor.com a really very fully functioned writing community with classes.
Some of the features seem to be...This is from the tour....
'>Submit, Read, Learn
>Submit your original writing
>Receive peer feedback
>Read, rate and review stories
>Read Craft Essays from published writers, including 36 exclusive essays from Chuck Palahniuk
> Network, Learn, Excel
Monitor your workshop activity
https://litreactor.com/
https://www.facebook.com/litreactor
https://litreactor.com/classes/upcoming
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# Rob Parrnell
https://rob-parnell-writing-academy.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-write-sell-your-first-novel?coupon=Feb2020
https://rob-parnell-writing-academy.thinkific.com/
Rob Parrnell has a famous daily how to write email.
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https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
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https://writershq.co.uk/
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# Prospect Magazine @Prospect.Mag · Magazine
Strictly current Affairs but good work on Writing
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/Prospect.Mag/
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https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/
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# How Writers Write Fiction Community Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/817849464901688/
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# Micro Fiction Writing Prompts
@microfictionprompts · Community
https://www.facebook.com/microfictionprompts/
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# Paris Institute for Critical Thinking
@parisinstitute.org · Educational Research Center
https://www.facebook.com/parisinstitute.org/
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# creativewritingink.co.uk
https://creativewritingink.co.uk/writing-competitions/
https://creativewritingink.co.uk
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Resources for Writers based in and coming out of Suffolk.
https://felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/
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Writer Revealed courses work by peeling away habits and ways of thinking that can hold you back – whatever kind of writing you are doing. Rather than teaching how to write – there are plenty of great courses and books available to help you with that – my approach places the writer, and their relationship with their writing, at the heart of the work I do.” Taken from Writer Revealed Web site.
https://www.facebook.com/writerrevealed
https://www.writerrevealed.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/writerrevealed/
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Therapiece
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Therapiece
https://www.therapiece.org/
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SuffolkBookLeague/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SuffolkBookLeague/
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Led @ledcreatives · Arts & Entertainment
https://www.facebook.com/ledcreatives
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https://www.eastangliantuition.co.uk/online-writing-tutorials/
Writing Groups in Suffolk.
Suffolk Writers Group
They write….. ’Hello Suffolk Writers! Please use this site to share information about competitions, local events and writing groups (I hold two in Ipswich - let me know if you want some information). Also, you can share work, ask questions and offer advice. Links to useful resources are always appreciated. If you know any professional or amateur creative types who'd like to join our happy band, I hope you'll spread the word.
https://suffolkwritersgroup.com/
https://suffolkwritersgroup.com/literary-suffolk/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/701257786590119/
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Halesworth.
Cutting Edge Writers .
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Norwich
Unthank School of Writing Norwich –
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Bury-St-Edmunds.
https://www.writenowgroup.co.uk/
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Felixstowe Scribblers.
https://scribblersrepository.co.uk/member-stories/
https://scribblers2010.blogspot.com/
http://nar8or.blogspot.com/
https://infolink.suffolk.gov.uk/kb5/suffolk/infolink/service.page?id=7OxcIu5kwjw
https://www.writers-online.co.uk/writers-groups/advanced/felixstowe-scribblers/
Most Authours teach writing and write about it too....here are a few...
Ruth Dugdall.
Suffolk’s own Ruth is a huge influence in so many ways – there will be much more about here here in time.
https://www.facebook.com/Ruth-Dugdall-author-149713668407513/
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Margaret Atwood @MargaretAtwoodAuthor
https://www.facebook.com/MargaretAtwoodAuthor/
http://margaretatwood.ca/
https://www.masterclass.com/classes/margaret-atwood-teaches-creative-writing
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Jane Risdon (Author) @JaneRisdon2
https://janerisdon.com/
https://twitter.com/Jane_Risdon
https://www.instagram.com/janerisdonwriter/
https://www.facebook.com/JaneRisdon2/
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Foresaw Simon Watts’ personal site on therapeutic creative writing
http://www.foresaw.org/
http://www.foresaw.org/index.php/the-is-web-site-page-not-a-blog-page/
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https://www.masterclass.com/classes/david-mamet-teaches-dramatic-writing/
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writer ...Breanda Hass..... @writerbrendahaas, Twitter @HaasBren, www.powerofpages.com
https://www.powerofpages.com/
https://www.facebook.com/brenda.haas.73/
Therapeutic Writing and Journalling...
Carol Ross explains the techniques she uses in her therapeutic writing workshops, how writing can benefit patients, and how to get involved in the field.
http://profwritingacademy.com
This is a promoted site...but it is theraputic writing and there is an interesting article here to encourage you to develop yourself through writing.
Writing is not only enjoyable, it can also be an amazing therapeutic tool. Carol Ross explains how her patients benefit from ‘mindful writing’:
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DailyOM @dailyom
Is a hugely popular world remowned resource.
https://www.dailyom.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dailyom/
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Foresaw Simon Watts’ personal site on therapeutic creative writing
http://www.foresaw.org/
http://www.foresaw.org/index.php/the-is-web-site-page-not-a-blog-page
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Andrew Williams is based in Shotley and runs journaling courses advertised via his facebook..
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100024405273886
Platform's and Monetisation.....
https://lithub.com/
https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/
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https://medium.com/
In a blog post I wondered….
‘Is a source of both reading, ideas and instruction but also monetises your non fiction output...article by article...and at very little start up friction and no cost can get you a little income...
Now these pages are always full of 'how you make your first squillion on...' no doubt written by the sites own PR and Im not predicting JKRowling in minutes....but this may be an alternative to the increrasingly exhausted googlead/wordpress route?’
@_danilo on twitter disagreed – his thoughts
https://twitter.com/_danilo/status/1193616453108469764
Some interesting articles and material we have seen recently...
AI scanned millions of books to create a historical ‘index of national happiness’
There is something about this that acknowledges part of humnities subconcious. Id love to see the stats broken down by sex of authour, date published, and where the book was published.
https://boingboing.net/2019/10/07/after-analyzing-3-5-million-bo.html
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Revealing humanities subconscious back to itself part 2.
This combination of modern learning computers and such huge datasets has enormous implications for the future of writing.
www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/index-national-happiness
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This is frightening. We taught it to read – it can now write…
Its an artificial intelligence text generator. Its based on a dataset of 350 million words. Its quite fun to play with. Interesting to put the same prompt in several times. Heaven knows how you will detect plagiarism in the future.
talktotransformer.com
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I have tried r/WritingPrompts/ its very mainstream and maybe Ive found it at the wrong stage and age...but you cant fault their enthusiasm and consistency.
www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/17/1003665/i-used-an-algorithm-to-help-me-write-a-story-heres-what-i-learned/
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https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/22/lockdown-learning-10-great-ways-to-be-ready-for-your-next-holiday
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/27/majority-of-authors-hear-their-characters-speak-finds-study
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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/how-books-and-bookshops-improve-our-mental-health-and-why-we-must-protect-them/
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https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/books/bibliotherapy-683817
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https://blogs.transparent.com/english/cabin-fever
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https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2013/02/pitching-is-like-fishing-more.html
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https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2020/01/how-hg-wells-invented-modern-world
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https://lithub.com/chuck-palahniuk-on-the-importance-of-not-boring-your-reader/
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https://www.facebook.com/fabuladeck/posts/986568398341944
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https://lithub.com/on-the-many-different-engines-that-power-a-short-story/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0358lJ7Zhbo&
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/27/learn-how-to-do-nothing
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http://www.hkdave95.co.uk/Blog?fbclid=IwAR3l3NWkGFCvw7k_7p7zQLMeFA3flD-RpqRx0nis4_mnV3rbOqR_4Jmwc1E
Some writers who tweet and some twitters who tweet about writing...
https://twitter.com/WritingMagazine/
https://twitter.com/KaitlynEKeller/
https://twitter.com/_danilo/
https://twitter.com/Pen_to_Print/
https://twitter.com/sarahjanepage
Some older 2005 – 2010 blog posts about writing….
Some older 2005 – 2010 blog posts about writing….
Also included were a variety of leaflets including poetry competitions and details of how to publish your own work. Go to http://www.unitedpress.co.uk/ for information.
I am writing to introduce Net-Novel.com to you and your members. The site is an online community for aspiring and published novelists. Amongst other things there are forums for novelists to chat to one-another, ask questions and generally network with other like minded individuals. Members can also upload their work for critique and there is a Novelists' Directory with useful information for full-length fiction writers. It is absolutely free to join.
In addition, there is a forum for writers' groups to post details and dates about their group. You would be very welcome to add your group's details to the forum.
It is early days for Net-Novel.com just yet but it is steadily growing and beginning to achieve its goal of being a vibrant and useful resource for all its members. I would be extremely grateful if you would consider joining us and pass on our details to your members so they may also consider joining - don't forget everything is absolutely free.
The link to the site is http://www.net-novel.com
I do hope to see you as part of our online community for novel writers soon.
Net-Novel.com administration.
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Seeking contributors to a new website.
TheFictionShelf.com is a place where everyone who loves reading will be able to read high-quality new writing. And where, uniquely, they will be able to choose exactly how they do that: Be it online, printed at home, on their phone or e-book reader, or in a traditional hard-bound copy.
We recognise that Entertainment has changed: We are no longer restricted by place, time or cost. Driven by demand the Television, Music and Film industries have adapted to these advancements and together we will bring this expansion of choice to reading.
TheFictionShelf.com will be driven by submissions from amateur writers and will provide them with a unique platform to promote their work. Unique amongst similar websites because of the quality of work on offer and for the intuitive and interesting way that work is presented.
This is where we would like your input: The website is being constructed and the virtual shelves will soon be ready for all to peruse - we need your help to fill them.
There are few criteria to submitting to The Fiction Shelf, all we ask is that you have a passion for writing and a desire to grow, both with us as a reading and writing community, and with your own abilities and confidences.
Our joint success depends on readers, and although submission is open to all, only the most creative, innovative and interesting work will be chosen to be published online. Indeed we want, with your help, to become synonymous with the very best in new writing.
We are currently searching for short stories and poetry, other than that there are no restrictions in terms of genre, style or subject matter. So please, log on now at www.thefictionshelf.com read the submission guidelines, and send us your work.
We have included in this email a selection of promotional material that you may wish to print out and distribute to your group; including an A5 flyer, an A4 poster, and a letter-headed version of this open letter to writing groups. Please feel free to reproduce these and distribute them as you wish.
Please also be aware that we are eager and ready to answer any questions you may have about any matter relating to The Fiction Shelf, and are easily reachable by phone or email.
The Fiction Shelf Editors
Riverside Writers' meeting dates, events & other useful information:-
http://www.myspace.com/riversidewriters
Riverside Writers' Online Forum:-
http://community.livejournal.com/riversidewriter/profile
Aesthetica Magazine
PO Box 371, York, YO23 1WL, UK
(+44) 01904 479 168
[www.aestheticamagazine.com](www.aestheticamagazine.com )
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December issue of www.WritingRaw.com NOW online: Writing Raw is a FREE literary ezine dedicated to new and emerging writers of the following categories: FICTION, POETRY and ASSORTED writings. Our goal at Writing Raw is simple - to serve the literary community with the opportunity to have their work online and out in the world. In this world of disappearing literary magazines, Writing Raw is providing the blank pages for writers to fill.
Go to www.WritingRaw.com for details.
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Other Miscellaneous links…
Felixstowe TV - A online community TV station for Felixstowe
'Genisis Crystals' by Ken
'The Healing Practice' by Kate
'GM Copywriting' by Gordon
A #Tag libary resource for literary Suffolk....
Literary suffolk tag library.....
#literary #Suffolk
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Suffolk Writers Group
Suffolk Book League Suffolk Cooperative Library System Ipswich Institute Felixstowe Isolation Book Club Felixstowe Book Festival Felixstowe Book dragon Poor Richard's Books Martin Bott Bookdealers at Treasure Chest books Cuppa Suffolk Spoken Word & Poetry Ian B Hartley Suffolk Writes: An Open Writers Group Therapiece Suffolk Libraries UK
Twitter
@stillwaterbooks @Bottbooks @WoodbridgeEmpor @BrowsersBks @SuffolkBookTalk @IpsInstitute @suffolkwriter @SuffolkLibrary @suffolkrefugee @felixstowebook
Marquee tags….
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Part of the @suffolkINTEREST project suffolkinterest.carrd.co resources for life in Suffolk.
Small Print about https://suffolkinterestwriting.carrd.co/
Smallprint. 5 important areas.
> Embedded websites.
>Some people we link to we have ‘borrowed’ a paragraph.
>Twitter policy.
>@tagging
>Twitter video preview issue
Embedded material.
What you see is a live image of another website – either via twitter, facebook, Instagram, youtube or a java applet of a URL.
The nature of the material here is not a danger - BUT – we have no control – we will do what we can – and wouldn’t have linked to anything we were worried about. This a common technology now.
By the way the applet we use is from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2117046/how-to-show-live-preview-in-a-small-popup-of-linked-page-on-mouse-over-on-link if your find this question asked by jitendra-vyas answered by anderson-green and edited vaer-k – take a bow – the ability to embed one platform in another IS HUGE and manage live content by loads of users. Email me if you want a charity remembered.
Some people we link to we have ‘borrowed’ a paragraph.
This is a voluntary project to promote arts in Suffolk. If we ‘borrow’ the 1<sup>st</sup> paragraph it is 1000% more likely to get found by search engines and then click through to your material. If we don’t do this the project is dramatically weakened.
We have no statistics but estimate this will be new traffic to you – if they were looking for you – they would have found you surely?
We are acutely aware that writers need to earn a living. We will link and cite in quotes as is all we understand of netiquete.
Ultimatley it’s a big very web and if its unwelcome let us know and we will push off and not link to you in future no rudeness intended.
99% of the material here we will have found through google, twitter or facebook by the way.
Twitter policy.
This shouldn’t be a controversial project BUT
>our views are our own
>retweets are not an endorsement.
And if it goes off in the comments on something while we are out or asleep – that’s the net.
We don't want to 'out' ourselves but though wording will be remixed and reordered from time to time for impact and twitter purposes and magic done with tags 99% of what you see here is 2nd hand material we are sharing to assist our audience find the information and help the creators who have put it up - as volunteers who want to promote arts in Suffolk.
We are as careful as we can - but ultimately we are presenting info in good faith and you need to see the original poster and the platform they are on if there is a problem - but do get in touch with us if you think an error has been made by us in what we have chosen to share.
Retweets, quote tweets and linking to a tweet where there is media in the tweet.
There is a dull technical problem that sometimes if you do this the text only and not the media comes out massively reducing the impact of a tweet and the point of actually bothering to do so.
So you have to copy some of it into a new tweet. So at times it looks like people have 'borrowed' others words - we are NOT seeking to do this - on twitter plagiarizing others content is an issue - that's NOT our intention. This is actually a pain - we don't like doing it - it wastes time - and if anyone can solve it technically or educate us how to avoid this being necessary it would be VERY helpful.
We will always try to linkback to where we got stuff - and hope we do. Sometimes you'll see 'Original tweet' or 'Based on a tweet by' as a reply by us to our original tweet - or a 'via' followed by the tag in the tweet.
@Tagging.
We won’t do this more than once a month or so. Hope that is OK. We are not trying to do this to be annoying. This all to promote arts and events in Suffolk. The exception to this will be the 2 newspapers and Andrew Clarke – as that’s where the good stuff comes from.
Video preview. Twitter loves video content.
There is a dull problem with interoperability of content between platforms and achieving a preview clip that will be of interest to the audience. So we have to rip, edit and then upload. If we don't do this the display of the preview clip seen by the audience is so rubbish its a complete waste of time.
This is actually a pain - we have had to spend time doing this - and have had to download software, and learn how to do this - we don't like doing it - it wastes a lot of time - and if anyone can solve this technically or educate us how to avoid having to do this being necessary it would be VERY helpful.
We will always try to linkback to where we got stuff - and hope we do.
Here is an example of the problem.
https://twitter.com/AmnestyIpswich/status/1318079990328590338?s=20
Here is an example of the solution we have had to find.
https://twitter.com/AmnestyIpswich/status/1316821728581091329?s=20
Mini annecdote - when we posted this as a simple early morning test to see if it had finally worked - and that we had finally worked out how to do it at 25<sup>th</sup> attempt - with the plan to delete it soon afterwards - when we came back only a few minutes later we were unable to so as it had already been commented on, retweeted and got audience engagement - at least 100x what the first post would have. That’s how compelling the audience finds it.
Here a technical problem is FORCING users into a very gentle soft form of micro piracy – and platforms and rights holders are losing control - just to be able to share the content the provider has put out there and send people to go and look at it. There must be some way of platforms allowing you to post a link to a network embed stream and achieving an automatic preview - and if the viewer likes it clicks through to wherever the content has come from - and going to the provider/copyright holder and the platform it started off on.
Any clever developer that can sort this out for the world can have that idea for free.