Castlecroft Writers

Writing group meeting 8-9.30pm approx, usually 4th Thurs of each month, contact for details. @FinlaysonPalmer @Viking_Ma

[Novelicious @noveliciouss]

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
-Ray Bradbury
#amwriting

[Emma Finlayson-Palmer 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her @FinlaysonPalmer]

Join us on Tues 11th Aug 8-9pm BST on #ukteenchat to chat about #YA #Horror, #GoodGirlsDieFirst, with the lovely @iloveweirdbooks 🙂🎠
#WriteMentor #WritingCommunity

[Emma Finlayson-Palmer 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her @FinlaysonPalmer]

Join us for #ukteenchat on Tues the 7th 8-9pm BST to chat about writing and #PlanetStan with the lovely @elainewickson. All welcome join the chat 🙂 @OUPChildrens
#kidlit #FunnyBooksRule #FunnyFiction

[Writing & Editing @WrtrStat]

You know you are reading or writing a good book when the characters and story won't let you sleep at night. And you just have to read or write another chapter. #amwriting As authors, our goal is to keep you up late at night reading. 🙂 -Wrtr

[Word Witches @WitchesWord]

3. QUERY PACKAGE ie 1st 3 chapters, query letter AND synopsis £35
4. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED?
GET in TOUCH!
[email protected]
#amwriting #WritingCommunity #kidlit

[Word Witches @WitchesWord]

Editorial feedback for our Word Witches!

''THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Wow - I can see why you are a Word Witch! This is such brilliantly helpful advice.''

#amediting
Slots available, get in touch

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[Writing & Editing @WrtrStat]

When I write a novel it's like I'm watching a great movie in my head and I need to relate it to the reader as faithfully and honestly as possible. What is your writing process like? - Wrtr #amwriting #amediting ..Keep Writing.

[Writers' HQ @writers_hq]

This thread = story prompts galore

[Novelicious @noveliciouss]

Books are a uniquely portable magic.
Stephen King
#writing #reading

[Writing & Editing @WrtrStat]

Ever wonder what your writing companions(pets) are really thinking when they sit on you or lay on your keyboard when you are writing and editing. #amwriting #amediting Be Writing. (Great Drawing/Comic: @inkyelbows) We ❤️ our writing companions.

[Emma Finlayson-Palmer 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her @FinlaysonPalmer]

Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 7th April BST with the lovely @elainewickson, author of the fab Planet Stand books from @OUPChildrens. All welcome to come and join in the chat 🙂
#kidlit #WritingCommunity

[Emma Finlayson-Palmer 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her @FinlaysonPalmer]

#ukteenchat on Tues 31st March 8-9pm BST with the lovely @DanielleJawando. All welcome to come and join in the chat 🙂
#YA #WritingCommunity #burnbright #andthestarswereburningbrightly

[Writing & Editing @WrtrStat]

Give yourself permission to write imperfectly. You can always revise, and you can always write something new. But there is no way to grow unless you start from where you are now. - A.R. @A_R_Gillespie #amwriting Writing.

[Cranked Anvil *OPEN for submissions* @CrankedAnvil]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all our women writers and readers! Of all our placed writers in the competition so far, 77% have been women. Are you working on your short story today? https://t.co/fmFQJhhgRj #IWD2020 #EachforEqual #amwriting #WritingCommunity

[Writing & Editing @WrtrStat]

“Begins with a character, usually, and once they stand up on their feet and begin to move, all I can do is trot along behind them with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what they say and do.” - William Faulkner #amwriting Writing.

[WritingWestMidlands @writingwestmids]

Calling young writers aged 14-18!

The Tall Tales, Short Stories Competition by @RSLiterature is open for submissions until 27 March. All you need to do is pick a story from their anthology and use 500 words to end it!

Find out more about how to enter: https://t.co/4QOr4p3jQx

[Writing & Editing @WrtrStat]

As an author, there's no silver bullet in writing; you just have to keep on keeping on and grinding in your writing to get it done. -Wrtr #amwriting Keep Writing.~

[Secret Diary Of A Dinner Lady @diary_lady]

Dinner ladies when it's an indoor lunchtime at school...
#TuesdayThoughts #SecretDinnerLady

[Secret Diary Of A Dinner Lady @diary_lady]

Child: I really like your shoes, miss.
Me: Thank you, that's very kind.
Child, running back to group of giggling friends: Your turn to do a dare.
Me: 🙄
#SecretDinnerLady #TuesdayThoughts

[Writers' HQ @writers_hq]

Get on with it. #writetip #MondayMotivation