Harrison Casswell

Harrison Casswell

Apr 29, 20223 min read

Is writing poetry good for you?

Absolutely. Yes. I don’t think there’s any doubt about this. At least, there isn’t in my mind. Whenever somebody tells me: “Hey, I want...

Harrison Casswell

Apr 26, 20221 min read

Poetry

Bus Stop Hostage

I sit at the bus stop, waiting a banana and a coffee in my stomach not enough energy for a day at work. a school kid sits beside me his...

Harrison Casswell

Mar 13, 20225 min read

Writing Advice & Craft

Spoken Poetry: Finding your voice

When I first started writing poetry, I had no idea what I was doing (I still don’t, but don’t tell the editors that). In the same way...

Harrison Casswell

Mar 8, 20221 min read

Poetry

A Woman in the Hallway

There’s a woman in the hallway A tear held back by blinking She’s writing in her notebook To stop herself from thinking She writes of...

If you wrote a self-help book for writers, what would you call it and why?

Writing Voices

Oct 21, 20213 min read

Fun & Hypothetical

If you wrote a self-help book for writers, what would you call it and why?

We may have had a tad too much fun on this one. This week the scribble were tasked to come up with the ultimate self-help book for writers.

Are there any writing exercises you do to warm up or improve your craft?

Writing Voices

Oct 14, 20215 min read

Writing Advice & Craft

Are there any writing exercises you do to warm up or improve your craft?

Just like athletes, us scribblers have to keep our writing muscles warm and our creative energy flowing, if we are to perform at our peak!

If you could read any book again for the first time, which would it be and why?

Writing Voices

Oct 7, 20216 min read

Books & Literature

If you could read any book again for the first time, which would it be and why?

Have you ever felt sheer envy when someone you know announces they have never read your favourite book? We know that feeling all too well...

What is the key to creating compelling characters?

Writing Voices

Oct 1, 20215 min read

Writing Advice & Craft

What is the key to creating compelling characters?

You know an author has cracked it when you finish a book and miss the characters. So what's the key to creating compelling characters?

Writing Voices

Sep 23, 20216 min read

Writing Advice & Craft

What are your golden rules of writing?

It's important to have laws to live by in all aspects of your life! This week, we're spilling the ink on our golden rules of writing...

Have you got any tips for writing poetry?

Writing Voices

Sep 16, 20214 min read

Poetry

Have you got any tips for writing poetry?

Poetry is subjective, and a little untameable. Nevertheless, we asked the scribble for any tips they might have for you.

What is your biggest insecurity as a writer?

Writing Voices

Sep 9, 20214 min read

Mental Health

What is your biggest insecurity as a writer?

Writers tend to share a lot of the same worries and fears, so we decided to show some solidarity with our readers and share some of ours.

What are the best and worst literary adaptations to television or film?

Writing Voices

Aug 26, 20219 min read

Books & Literature

What are the best and worst literary adaptations to television or film?

One thing guaranteed to send a bookworm into either spasms of delight or furious apoplexy is a literary adaptation done well, or done badly.

What's your dream literary dinner party? Attendees, foods and location.

Writing Voices

Aug 19, 20216 min read

Fun & Hypothetical

What's your dream literary dinner party? Attendees, foods and location.

You are the literary dinner party host extraordinaire... You can invite anyone you like from literature, living or dead, fictional or real.

Would you rather be a critically-acclaimed one hit wonder or well published yet relatively unknown?

Writing Voices

Aug 12, 20214 min read

Fun & Hypothetical

Would you rather be a critically-acclaimed one hit wonder or well published yet relatively unknown?

We're all guilty of mentally jumping the gun a bit and imaging what life will be like when we can finally quit our day jobs - when the...

How do you get the most from critical feedback and editorial notes?

Writing Voices

Aug 5, 20217 min read

Writing Advice & Craft

How do you get the most from critical feedback and editorial notes?

You've written something and now you need a second opinion. Receiving critical feedback can be difficult and knowing how to accept and...

What non-writing activities help your writing?

Writing Voices

Jul 29, 20216 min read

Writing Life

What non-writing activities help your writing?

As writers, we tend to spend a lot of time focused on the job in hand or building and exploring internal, alternative worlds. Work life...

What literary character would you most like to tell off, and why?

Writing Voices

Jul 22, 20218 min read

Fun & Hypothetical

What literary character would you most like to tell off, and why?

If you’ve ever caught yourself screeching at a book, perhaps holding it at arms length and reading with one eye in utter frustration...

How do you get started with a new story?

Writing Voices

Jul 15, 20215 min read

Writing Advice & Craft

How do you get started with a new story?

If you're going to be a writer then there's one thing you can't avoid - getting started! And sometimes that can be the trickiest part.

Writing Voices

Jul 8, 20217 min read

Books & Literature

Which books do you revisit & why?

Great writers are great readers. Chances are, if you're a writer, it's because at some point along the road, you fell in love with a book.

Have you ever been on a writing retreat? What did you get out of it?

Writing Voices

Jul 1, 20215 min read

Writing Life

Have you ever been on a writing retreat? What did you get out of it?

what better for a writer than a writing retreat? We asked the scribble if they'd ever been on a retreat and what they got out of it.

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