Reading each student’s work each week, at a rate of ten minutes each, took nearly two and a half hours. Thinking of suitable comments, adding them in to the appropriate place in Google Classroom, and updating my spreadsheet markbook took another hour and a half.

Something had to be done.

Last week I announced a competition to win a copy of A Town Without Time, the new collection of work by Gay Talese. Here is the link again, this time with an unrestricted link!

Here are seven handy techniques with which to enrich your writing. Used sparingly, they can be very effective at bringing a piece to life.

Three creative writing experiments: stories written in the hardboiled style.

A short review, plus a chance to win a copy of this new book.