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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.
The Derbyshire Writing School Prompt Box
We firmly believe creative writing is for everyone.
We have designed The Prompt Box for beginners and experts, and we have carefully curated each Prompt Box to boost your imagination and ensure your writing is filled with joy and fun!
Introducing The Derbyshire Writing School Writer's Toolkit
Spending time developing your writing will help you to become a better writer.
The core craft elements you practice, the techniques you try and the increase in your subject understanding will allow you to write faster, prevent extensive editing and could even save you lots of struggle as you hit the page running.
3 Reasons Why Setting Is So Crucial To Our Stories
Whether it’s inviting us to explore a new world, or giving us clues to a character’s background, setting is a valuable element of stories.
It brings everything together, helps us see a more complete picture of the world we’ve created.
How To Write About Magic And Make It Amazing
If you like to read fantasy, YA or even magical realism books, then you must have had the urge to create some spells of your own.
It can seem easy to cast some ideas and weave worlds together with special powers, but as always with fiction, it’s harder than it might first appear.