Another triumphant return for the Black Bird Film Festival 2019. This year the independent film festival held at The Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, had a goal of £500 to raise for charity after raising over £200 for The Sophie Lancaster Foundation in 2018, instead, they managed to raise over £550 for this year's selected charity Crisis …
Your Best Self – the best confidence booster for any freelancer
Freelancing can be a lonely road, you're left on some occasions to fight for yourself. So, if you're working on your own, it's a good idea to schedule in some time for self-care. No, I don't mean just sticking a load of laundry on and then back to it, actual time in your working week …
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What do writers read?
When you think of a writer, the traditional picture in your mind is to see them surrounded by coffee, loose pages, a typewriter and of course, books all around them in heaps and piles. Most people know that as time changes, so does the equipment, but one thing that never changes for a writer is …
Spurts, fits & starts
Keep hitting the blank page fear? The brick wall of 'I don't know how to finish this?' I feel like I'm always chanting practice, practice, practice when it comes to writing, yet very often, creativity can come in spurts, fits & starts. What's that? Is it bad? No, it's writing sporadically, off and on. Writing …
Editing – Have a go! Practice & Tips
A lot of people write, whether it's a novel, instructions, or just an email - the important thing is to get it right. Every time you write, you have to adapt to whomever you're writing for. These skills aren't learned overnight and even the best courses can only get you so far - the …
Motivation: not just for writers
Now, I'm not naive enough to think that this blog will suit absolutely everybody, and this may all seem obvious to people who already know how to stay motivated. I will say though, that the steps I give to you today might be useful to you personally, or your friend, or even just part …
Personality Type Quizzes – are they useful?
So, I've taken a personality test online before but out of curiosity I retook it recently to see if the results were the same. They were. The reason for this came from looking at career advice and recruitment tips, recruiters promoting these tests - What? Yes, I have noticed a bit of a trend in …
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