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No matter where you are on your creative writing journey, we can help you build your knowledge and grow your creativity. Updated weekly, our blog will inspire and support you with tips & tricks and useful resources.
5 Idea Inducing Books To Boost Your Creativity
It’s important to explore books that will boost your creativity and develop your imagination.
We have listed some of our favourite books about creativity here at Derbyshire Writing School. It’s so important to keep reading for ideas. Keep looking for more fuel to fill your creative well. Find authors that make you feel excited, empowered and motivated. The best books about creativity will make you feel full, ready to bring your own ideas on to the page.
5 Amazing Books That Will Improve Your Writing
It’s important to explore craft books and understand the skill and challenges involved in writing.
Learning from the great writers and storytellers that have come before us can be a great way to develop our writing. We have listed some of our favourite books about writing here at Derbyshire Writing School.
Here’s Why You Should Not Write A Memoir
Deciding to write your memoir is a big decision. There are so many beautiful reasons why you should write a memoir. Saving your memories and documenting your life is so important.
Yet writing a memoir isn't for everyone.
Here’s Why You Should Not Write A Memoir. It would be best if you spent some time exploring why you want to write your memoir before you get started. Let me explain.
How Thoughtful Creative Writing Can Actually Help Save Precious Memories
Creative writing has many known benefits, yet often people are intimidated by the prospect of starting. One way to dive into creative writing is through documenting your personal memories and life moments that might otherwise disappear. You don't have to start with make-believe stories if that feels too difficult. You can write about your life, loves and experiences, and in doing so, you can treasure them forever. Even passing them on to family as your legacy. Thoughtful, creative writing can actually help save precious memories.