Can clothing have an emotional state?
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Creative Writing
Shadows, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #39: Shadows
The photo I’ve selected for today is actually of a forest floor. What kind of story or narrative does it suggest for you?
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Monochrome forest clearing, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #38: A forest clearing in monochrome
What ideas for creative writing does this black and white image of a forest clearing conjure up for you?
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Leaf, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #37: A leaf
One leaf, in monochrome
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Question mark - Terry Freedman
Who needs a Creative Writing MA?
Are Creative Writing MAs worth doing?
Read MoreNew online blogging course
Updated! Here are some preliminary details of a blogging course I’ve been asked to teach.
Read MoreData
The most recent article I wrote for a client is characterised by 24 pieces of data. More correctly: metadata.
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Review: My very first Updike
Cure, by Terry Freedman
Signs of the times
Signs in the environment can provide great stimulation for our imagination, and tell us about history in some cases too.
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Books, by Terry Freedman
Read like a writer
Reading like a writer is a different way of reading. There’s a great series on the subject from Electric Literature.
Read MorePhotoPrompt #34: Tobacco tins
What stories can old tobacco tins tell, or conjure up?
Read MoreCreative writing experiment in structure: Unforeseen Consequences
This article was written in January 2019. I wanted to write a narrative about one of our cats, but using a different time structure. You’ll see what I mean when you read it.
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Park benches in the time of Covid, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #33: Park benches in the time of Covid
The effect is to heighten the prevailing sense of dystopia.
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Shops in the time of Covid, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #32: Shops in the time of Covid
When is a shop not a shop?
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A school, closed, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #31: Schools in the time of Covid
Is a closed school a school?
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A Minor Harp, by Terry Freedman
Writing the blues
What do these pieces of writing have in common, apart from being examples of creative nonfiction about blues music?
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Cat in a box, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #29: Cat in a box
This photo reminds me of one of the first books I read. Could it provide the basis of a new story?
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Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay
The long goodbye
This is an article I wrote for a creative nonfiction writing assignment, dealing with dementia. It was first published in an anthology called Between The Lines.
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Robin, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #27: A robin
If I were a poet, I think this photo would inspire me to write. It’s not a great picture from a technical point of view — or at least I don’t think so — but the early Spring colours are lovely.
Read MoreAlways wear trousers on Skype
Seeing as we are in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of people either in lockdown or self-isolating, many previously face-to-face activities are starting to be carried out online. I thought this true story might serve both as a cautionary tale and as some light relief.
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