Take a look at our blog posts below to get inspired before the festival:
Reading Works from East Asia
By Jenny Hor When my friend expressed her disdain towards reading Hemmingway’s works in prose-writing workshops and classes, I agreed with her viewpoint. No matter how many Creative Writing classes I have attended, Hemmingway and other Caucasian authors would always serve as the sole prose-writing examples. With this blog, my purpose is not to dissuade…
The Robot has written your blogpost
By Sue Moberly – A postscript to the earlier blogpost The Robot Will Write Your Blogpost Now An online article on the BBC news website (Jill Martin Wrenn, business reporter) asked ‘Are romance authors at risk from book-writing chatbots?’ It opened by saying that, although sales of romantic fiction are continuing to boom, the genre…
Writing Your Body
By Beth Roberts I was originally going to title this piece “Writing the Body” – a reference to Jeanette Winterson’s 1992 novel Written on the Body. Then I realised that the definite article turned the “body” into something illusive and all-encompassing. What is the body? Who does it belong to? I switched to the possessive…
Judging a Book by its Cover
by Charlotte Smalley It’s a well-known idiom ‘you can’t judge a book by the cover’. Yet that is precisely how consumerist marketing strategies can seize our attention when it comes to literature. With advances in printing technology and graphic design, the courtship of a book has never been easier. Moreover, the multiplicity of design…
Travel Makes Us Better Writers
By Jenny Hor During this Spring Break, I seized the opportunity to travel out of Guildford as much as possible. In fact, I love exploring underrated places as if they were treasure chests full of gold. Aside from taking a break from writing, travel is a way to get inspired and sharpen my storytelling skills.…
Evolving Spaces: Poetry, Performance and Permeability
By Charlotte Smalley Of course, since its roots from Ancient Grecian oration, poetry has a connection with performance. Its intricate attention to rhythm and metre make it ripe for verbal expression. Contemporarily, poetry finds its home on a page more often than a stage, is studied scrupulously in schools or relished at leisure alone. However,…
Developing a Pick ‘n’ Mix Poetry Practice
By Sharron Green Does your mouth water at the sight of a Pick ‘n’ Mix counter? What’s your favourite sweet or candy? Maybe you have a few? You might be surprised, but poetry is not dissimilar. Since taking up writing regularly in 2019, I have been amazed by the versatility and variety of opportunities open…
Things to Think About When Building a Historical World
By Beth Roberts So, you want to write some historical fiction? Well, whether you’re a prose, poetry or drama writer, there are a few things worth considering before you delve into that long old writing process. Fear not! We at the Surrey New Writer’s Festival are here to provide you with some tips and tricks…
Incorporating culture and heritage into your writing
By Annum Salman “In the world of words, how do you make your writing relate to your audience?” I remember being asked this question in a writing workshop and thinking about my writing style. After spending my childhood and teenage years in Pakistan, I travelled abroad to study and as the distance from home grew,…
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