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  • 🖋️ 💡 To start you off: a mini-series of my 5 best tips for writing, one a week
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The Writing Skills are quick, creative activities designed to develop your writing in new ways. They explore plot, characters, description, genres, style, and poems. Each batch of four includes:

  • ✨ A skill exercise featuring a useful online resource
  • ✨ A fiction genre or poetry form skill (alternating between fiction and poetry)
  • ✨ A skill exercise
  • ✨ A themed call for submissions from a journal / magazine

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  • ☕ Monthly round-up: once a month, near the start.
  • 📖 Blog posts: On Saturdays when they're posted (usually 1–3 a month).
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