Where I Write
Just Use What You HaveHere’s the final piece in our inside look at a Headland writer’s space, part of our Issue 12 series; three authors share where they wrote their…
Isabelle’s Writing Space
Writing Space #2Welcome to our second peek into a Headland writer’s space, part of our Issue 12 series; three authors share where they wrote their piece.
A Space of My Own
The Writers’ Space“Sadly, the writing life doesn’t always come equipped with an idyllic woodland cabin in which to pen profound prose.
The Young Country
Local FeelThe final word in our series about what makes a New Zealand story, well, a New Zealand story goes to Andrew Stiggers with his own take on this tricky…
The Setting
Local FeelWhat makes a New Zealand story feel like our story? Makes it recognisable to you? What does ‘an Aotearoa New Zealand story’ mean to you? These were questions we…
Writing Aotearoa
Local Feel“What makes an Aotearoa New Zealand story, well, feel like an Aotearoa New Zealand story? Is it setting or style, character or theme? Or something else entirely?”
This is the…
So you think you have writer’s block? Think again.
Writing through itWe’re continuing our series looking at writing through creative challenges. We recently featured ‘Drawing Blood From Stone’ by Kate Joy Tobin.
Drawing Blood From Stone
Creatively Challenged?Welcome to another blog series for a new issue! For Issue 10 we’re looking at creativity and how to deal with a rut, writers’ block, slump.
People Not Characters
Characterisation Part IIIRay Bradbury wrote in Zen in the Art of Writing: “Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to…