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The Best Bookshop Treasure Hunt Every Derbyshire Reader Needs
Creative Writing Charlotte Howes Creative Writing Charlotte Howes

The Best Bookshop Treasure Hunt Every Derbyshire Reader Needs

Is there anything quite as exciting as a good treasure hunt?

We can let you into a secret, there are many treasures to be found scattered around Derbyshire. Especially for avid readers and writers searching for their next favourite book.

Join us as we take you on a treasure hunt full of independent bookshops, and cafes to help you find your treasure and the perfect places to devour the new book that you’ve discovered on your trip through Derbyshire.

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Here Are The 3 Reasons Structure Is So Essential To Creative Writing
Creative Writing, Fiction Writing Lauren Davison Creative Writing, Fiction Writing Lauren Davison

Here Are The 3 Reasons Structure Is So Essential To Creative Writing

Structure is the overall design, layout, and organisation of your story.

It is the high-level planning, the story arc and even the movement within your novel. Your novel always needs to be moving forward and structure helps you to do that. It’s a framework to add your setting, characters, and description to.

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This Is Why Self-Efficacy Needs To Be Part Of Our Writer’s Toolkit
Creative Writing, Writer's Mindset Lauren Davison Creative Writing, Writer's Mindset Lauren Davison

This Is Why Self-Efficacy Needs To Be Part Of Our Writer’s Toolkit

Self-efficacy or faith in ourselves, in our own abilities, is one of the most powerful tools in the world.

It gives us the drive to finish that novel, to complete our first poetry collection, to fulfil our writing goals, because we believe we can. That’s why self-efficacy is so crucial for us as writers

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