Yesterday I was going to write an article, using chunks of a couple of articles I’d published before (plus some original material).

What is writing with constraints? In a nutshell, it means writing according to specific and tight rules. The “official” name for this is Oulipo, which is a French acronym for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle.

“One of the unexpected benefits of the Covid-19 pandemic has been clear blue skies.”

Some people say "of course creative writing can be taught", while others say the opposite. I take a slightly more nuanced view.

I am afraid I cannot agree with those who say “No” to any use of AI whatsoever. I think the issue is more nuanced than that.

Here’s my evaluation of WordCounter which, erm, counts words — plus a whole bunch of other stuff.

I wrote this review wearing my school teacher hat. However, it struck me that optimism is something all writers need a great deal of!

I wrote the review wearing my school teacher hat. However, it struck me that the “small habits” approach to writing is something useful to consider.

My review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it has a little more detail. I wrote the review wearing my school teacher hat. However, it struck me that the “productive failure” approach to teaching is something I’ve done, to some extent, in my creative writing classes.

I’ve reviewed this book for Teach Secondary magazine. Although my review is written from the standpoint of the question, “how useful is AI in schools?”, I do thiink it has relevance here because many writers, and writers’ organisations, are also scrutinising AI.

To the extent that people distrust journalists, is it really surprising?

Some research looked at writers’ rituals. Hearing about that made me reflect on my own.

I love books, and I love reviewing them. However, I’ve decided that a one-size fits all approach to reviewing books (or anything else, come to that), just won’t do. So I’ve categorised my reviews into 6 types.