"I became bolder in my words and, crucially, in my determination to write them."

Why is the book set somewhere else? Have an answer for that and your journey has begun.

Do you actually know your characters, or are they yet to emerge?

There are benefits to be found in removing the notion that writing requires writing space, and in writing fiction around ongoing human life.

'I'm not a jealous person' - said no aspiring writer ever!

There are no rules. Or...are there?

See ya later writing rules - it's time to experiment!

Catherine Barter chats unwanted feedback, the power of Bruce Springsteen and how important it is for new authors to enter writing competitio

All of it, all the time.

I mean technically you could wake up every morning, shower, put on your face, and your business suit before taking a seat at your carefully