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Story Prompt…

March 15, 2018June 26, 2018Leave a comment

Sometimes the hardest part of writing is coming up with an idea, harbouring the inspiration, having that light bulb moment where all your thoughts fall into place. So make it a little easier for yourself. Don't think about too much, just read the prompt and start writing! You may be surprised with where it takes … Continue reading Story Prompt…

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Writing Prompt…

February 22, 2018June 26, 20182 Comments

In the fresh light of morning us writers can sit there with a pen in our hand, a cup of coffee and a whole lot of good intentions...but nothing comes out. No ink. No words. Nothing. A simple writing prompt can be an easy remedy! So if you're that person, desperate to get some words … Continue reading Writing Prompt…

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The morning might be grey and cloudy, but my bed is comfy, my coffee is delicious and my book is gorgeous 🍂 . . ‘My father’s face was changing. The nose grew hooked, the deep red hair frosted with white, the skin wrinkled and blotched like an ancient apple left too long in store. [...] He raised a hand, and it was an old man’s hand, gnarled and knotted, with nails like claws of some feral creature.’ | just another reason why Juliet Marillier’s writing is just 😍✍🏻 . . #readinginbed #dissertation #readinglist #bookstagram #amreadingfantasy #coffee #research #planning #editing #creativecommunity #childoftheprophecy

Oh how I love that uni gives me the opportunity to spend the morning reading in bed ☕️📖☀️Baggy jumper ✅ large coffee ✅ Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ ✅ and we’reall set! #morningroutine #coffeetime #readinginbed #bookstagram #studentlife #englishliterature #voltaire #candide #amreading

This morning’s reading calls for a nice full mug (or two) of coffee. I felt like Persian Letters was a great start to my Enlightenment course and unlike any of the books I’ve read before; a chronological (for the most part) stream of letters which can simultaneous disguise themselves as a novel - so interesting! Let’s see where the rest of the morning takes me ☕️📖 #student #studentlife #enlightenmentliterature #amreading #bookstagram #englishstudent #englishliterature #persianletters #coffee #wednesdaymornings

Wishing it was Monday morning again so that I can be reading in bed with a yummy cup of coffee ☕️☀️ . . ‘What songs do you sing to them in Elfland? There, where all songs are true, and all stories history [...] A story may begin anywhere, as the maker chooses. My story begins under the Eildon Tree, there on the easternmost slope of the Eildon Hills [...] I rested in the moment, smelling the burnt and tangy wild air of autumn and looking, just looking, out over the great stretch of hill and sky, the river valley sparkling below.’ . . #dissertation #planning #amreading #celtic #myth #fantasy #amreadingfantasy #amwritingfantasy #bookstagram #editing #creativecommunity #student

Glad I pushed myself to do my edits this morning ✍🏻 It was hard work; I was still groggy and utterly uninspired but it gave me the chance to look at the project with a fresh (though tired) pair of eyes ☀️ I’d like to thank coffee ☕️! . . . #morningroutine #saturdays #amwriting #amediting #studentlife #dissertation #research #planning #edits #writer #amreading #amwritingfantasy #editingprocess #deskaesthetic

Some shiny new editions to my bookshelf. There’s a bit of a moment of non-fiction and I’m ready for it! 📖 The more books the better. I can’t decide which one I’m most excited for but I know that they’ll each bring some of their own unique brightness to this rainy day! . . . I tried to make this tbr pile as varied as possible and each speaks to me in a different way. Creativity, Simplicity and Taoism... where to start? . . #bookstagram #nonfiction #selfhelp #creative #creativity #simplicity #taoism #winniethepooh #inspiration #motivation #wednesdaywisdom #wednesdayreads

Sunday mornings are for editing and falling in love with Juliet Marillier’s ‘Son of the Shadows’ | ’We went out into the garden. At this chill time of year, spring was not much more than a thought; the tiniest of fragile crocus shoots emerging from the hard ground, a hint of buds swelling on the branches of the young oak. Early-flowering tansy made a note of vibrant yellow against the grey green of wormwood lavender. The air smelt cool and clean. Each stone path was swept bare, the herb beds tidy under their straw mulching.’ . . I can never get over how beautiful Marillier’s writing is; she makes everything feel so alive and visceral, yet manages to pull me into the mythic world of Sevenwaters with her language and nothing else. Her writing is so vibrant and moving that it feels as though it should be spoken out-loud around a campfire, as though it should be passed down as legend. This is why it is the perfect companion to my editing this morning…it’s keeping me on track and reawakening the vision I had before I properly started this project! . . So in the wake of the next stage to my dissertation - the first stage of editing - I have realised that my work is not just about an authenticity to the Celtic tongue, but also an attention to the morphology of folktales; something which needs to be given justice in order to retain some essence of beauty from the ancient tales that have lasted the testament of time. . . #dissertation #research #planning #editing #amwriting #fantasy #celtic #myth #julietmarillier #sonoftheshadows #bookstagram #amreading #readingfantasy #creativeproject #creativeprocess

A frothy coffee to accompany my afternoon reading ☕️ #wednesdayreads #relax #dissertation #prep #research #amreading #amwriting #fantasy #faeries #creative #coffee #writingfantasy #bookstagram

Get yourself a friend who takes cute pictures of you when you go on lunch dates together 🌷 #friendgoals #lunchdate #london #modpod #regram #memories #cutefriends

Couldn’t help buying this gorgeous poetry book. I’ve been looking at it for ages but put off buying any poetry since I read Rupi Kaur’s ‘Milk and Honey’. I should have got this sooner though; it’s beautiful on the outside and in! . . //You see, the earth, the solar system and the galaxy are all moving through space constantly. And from this, you learn that growth is an essential part of flowing, of being. That growth is simply learning how to suffer, gracefully, elegantly constantly moving and travelling without letting your pain tear you apart -nikita gill . . #inspiration #coffee #nikitagill #wildembers #poetry #saturdayreads #amwriting #amreading #bookstagram #beautifulbooks #morningroutine

The weather finally let up long enough to get a good few hours of work done. Realising just how much work is left to do ✍🏻 from character backstories, plot summaries, fact checking, history (place and people) along with a whole lot of writing! This month is going to go so fast but I’m ready to knuckle down and get these words flowing 💁🏼‍♀️ . . Creative Tip 1: Take your project outside 🌷 . . #writersofinstagram #amwriting #fantasy #dissertation #research #planning #plotting #writingoutside #backstory #project #creative #techniques #inspiration #motivation #summer #nature #creativecommunity #stratford #tips #lifestyle

GYSTing at Starbucks this morning. Sometimes, to kickstart that productivity you just need a change of scene, especially when you’ve been working on something for what feels like forever! ✍🏻 Feel like the clock is slowly ticking down for the 1st draft of my dissertation, so trying to make the best use of my time with the 25:5 reading/writing technique 💁🏼‍♀️ Wish me luck! . . ‘The cold was what hit me first. Brisk, crisp cold, laced with loam and rotting things. In the twilight, the world beyond the narrow cave mouth was a latticework of red and gold and brown and green, the trees thick and old, the muddy ground strewn with rocks and boulders that cast long shadows.’ ✨Taking so much inspiration from this quote from ‘A Court of Wings and Ruin’ to set the scene in my writing this morning! . . #dissertation #research #planning #amwriting #amreadingfantasy #celticfolklore #writer #inspiration #wednesdays #productivity #creativecommunity #studentlife #wednesdayreads #deadlines #motivation #starbucks #creativetechniques #acourtofwingsandruin #writingtips

Bringing some light to this rainy Sunday ✨In bed with tea and a book 📖 If you’re ever in a tough spot or just feel like your soul needs a little guidance then Rebecca Campbell’s ‘Light is the New Black’ will sit perfectly in your hand 🌷 . . #summerreads #sundayreads #morningroutine #sundays #zen #light #spiritual #readinginbed #bookstagram

Starting my morning the right way ☀️ There is nothing more motivational than reading a book that inspires you to write, so that’s what I’m doing. But first coffee, then I’ll do the things ☕️ . . . ‘I was about to turn back to the stairs when I beheld a bit of land that had been revealed near the tidal causeway. The small building. No wonder I hadn’t seen it, as I’d never been up this high in the day when the tide was out ... And during the rest of the day, from the muck and seaweed now gleaming on it, it would have been utterly covered. Even now, it was half submerged. But I couldn’t tear my eyes from it. Like it was a little piece of home, wet and miserable-looking as it was, and I need only hurry along the muddy causeway between the quieter part of the city and the mainland-fast, fast, fast, so I might catch it before it vanishes beneath the waves again.’ -A Court of Mist and Fury . . #morningroutine #amreadingfantasy #amwriting #inspiration #thursdaymotivation #thursdayreads #acourtofmistandfury #sarahjmaas #writersofinstagram #bookstagram #creativetechniques #creativecommune

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The morning might be grey and cloudy, but my bed is comfy, my coffee is delicious and my book is gorgeous 🍂 . . ‘My father’s face was changing. The nose grew hooked, the deep red hair frosted with white, the skin wrinkled and blotched like an ancient apple left too long in store. [...] He raised a hand, and it was an old man’s hand, gnarled and knotted, with nails like claws of some feral creature.’ | just another reason why Juliet Marillier’s writing is just 😍✍🏻 . . #readinginbed #dissertation #readinglist #bookstagram #amreadingfantasy #coffee #research #planning #editing #creativecommunity #childoftheprophecy

Oh how I love that uni gives me the opportunity to spend the morning reading in bed ☕️📖☀️Baggy jumper ✅ large coffee ✅ Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ ✅ and we’reall set! #morningroutine #coffeetime #readinginbed #bookstagram #studentlife #englishliterature #voltaire #candide #amreading

This morning’s reading calls for a nice full mug (or two) of coffee. I felt like Persian Letters was a great start to my Enlightenment course and unlike any of the books I’ve read before; a chronological (for the most part) stream of letters which can simultaneous disguise themselves as a novel - so interesting! Let’s see where the rest of the morning takes me ☕️📖 #student #studentlife #enlightenmentliterature #amreading #bookstagram #englishstudent #englishliterature #persianletters #coffee #wednesdaymornings

Wishing it was Monday morning again so that I can be reading in bed with a yummy cup of coffee ☕️☀️ . . ‘What songs do you sing to them in Elfland? There, where all songs are true, and all stories history [...] A story may begin anywhere, as the maker chooses. My story begins under the Eildon Tree, there on the easternmost slope of the Eildon Hills [...] I rested in the moment, smelling the burnt and tangy wild air of autumn and looking, just looking, out over the great stretch of hill and sky, the river valley sparkling below.’ . . #dissertation #planning #amreading #celtic #myth #fantasy #amreadingfantasy #amwritingfantasy #bookstagram #editing #creativecommunity #student

Glad I pushed myself to do my edits this morning ✍🏻 It was hard work; I was still groggy and utterly uninspired but it gave me the chance to look at the project with a fresh (though tired) pair of eyes ☀️ I’d like to thank coffee ☕️! . . . #morningroutine #saturdays #amwriting #amediting #studentlife #dissertation #research #planning #edits #writer #amreading #amwritingfantasy #editingprocess #deskaesthetic

Some shiny new editions to my bookshelf. There’s a bit of a moment of non-fiction and I’m ready for it! 📖 The more books the better. I can’t decide which one I’m most excited for but I know that they’ll each bring some of their own unique brightness to this rainy day! . . . I tried to make this tbr pile as varied as possible and each speaks to me in a different way. Creativity, Simplicity and Taoism... where to start? . . #bookstagram #nonfiction #selfhelp #creative #creativity #simplicity #taoism #winniethepooh #inspiration #motivation #wednesdaywisdom #wednesdayreads

Sunday mornings are for editing and falling in love with Juliet Marillier’s ‘Son of the Shadows’ | ’We went out into the garden. At this chill time of year, spring was not much more than a thought; the tiniest of fragile crocus shoots emerging from the hard ground, a hint of buds swelling on the branches of the young oak. Early-flowering tansy made a note of vibrant yellow against the grey green of wormwood lavender. The air smelt cool and clean. Each stone path was swept bare, the herb beds tidy under their straw mulching.’ . . I can never get over how beautiful Marillier’s writing is; she makes everything feel so alive and visceral, yet manages to pull me into the mythic world of Sevenwaters with her language and nothing else. Her writing is so vibrant and moving that it feels as though it should be spoken out-loud around a campfire, as though it should be passed down as legend. This is why it is the perfect companion to my editing this morning…it’s keeping me on track and reawakening the vision I had before I properly started this project! . . So in the wake of the next stage to my dissertation - the first stage of editing - I have realised that my work is not just about an authenticity to the Celtic tongue, but also an attention to the morphology of folktales; something which needs to be given justice in order to retain some essence of beauty from the ancient tales that have lasted the testament of time. . . #dissertation #research #planning #editing #amwriting #fantasy #celtic #myth #julietmarillier #sonoftheshadows #bookstagram #amreading #readingfantasy #creativeproject #creativeprocess

A frothy coffee to accompany my afternoon reading ☕️ #wednesdayreads #relax #dissertation #prep #research #amreading #amwriting #fantasy #faeries #creative #coffee #writingfantasy #bookstagram

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