What’s a stainless steel ball doing near the iconic Millennium Bridge?
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Creative Writing
PhotoPrompt #49: A gunpowder magazine
Imagine being in the same (small) building as 10,400 barrels of gunpowder…
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Metal box in a park, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #48: Metal box on a pole in a park
I have no idea what this is for, or what it contains.
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PhotoPrompt, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt round-up
Here’s a list of the “photoprompts” published here so far. Can they stimulate your creative writing juices?
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A diskette, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #46: A diskette
An old diskette with a date on it. What might it contain?
Read MorePhotoPrompt #45: Kittens
Could this be a life and death situation for some unfortunate creature?
Read MorePhotoPrompt #41: Keep away!
The new normal?
Read MorePhotoPrompt #40: Happy socks
Can clothing have an emotional state?
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Shadows, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #39: Shadows
The photo I’ve selected for today is actually of a forest floor. What kind of story or narrative does it suggest for you?
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Monochrome forest clearing, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #38: A forest clearing in monochrome
What ideas for creative writing does this black and white image of a forest clearing conjure up for you?
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Leaf, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #37: A leaf
One leaf, in monochrome
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Question mark - Terry Freedman
Who needs a Creative Writing MA?
Are Creative Writing MAs worth doing?
Read MoreNew online blogging course
Updated! Here are some preliminary details of a blogging course I’ve been asked to teach.
Read MoreData
The most recent article I wrote for a client is characterised by 24 pieces of data. More correctly: metadata.
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Review: My very first Updike
Cure, by Terry Freedman
Signs of the times
Signs in the environment can provide great stimulation for our imagination, and tell us about history in some cases too.
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Books, by Terry Freedman
Read like a writer
Reading like a writer is a different way of reading. There’s a great series on the subject from Electric Literature.
Read MorePhotoPrompt #34: Tobacco tins
What stories can old tobacco tins tell, or conjure up?
Read MoreCreative writing experiment in structure: Unforeseen Consequences
This article was written in January 2019. I wanted to write a narrative about one of our cats, but using a different time structure. You’ll see what I mean when you read it.
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Park benches in the time of Covid, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #33: Park benches in the time of Covid
The effect is to heighten the prevailing sense of dystopia.
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