Inside Creative Writing

The struggle to get published

If you want to be a writer, you will need to have patience.

Keith Gray is an award-winning writer of books for teenagers and the Scottish Book Trust's first Virtual Writer-in-Residence. Keith shared some useful hints for aspiring authors.

Writing historical biographies

Sarah Gristwood is an acclaimed biographer whose books include Arbella: England’s Lost Queen, Bird of Paradise: the Colourful Career of the First Mrs Robinson; and Elizabeth and Leicester.

Running a creative event

Maya Levy is an actor, singer-songwriter and pianist. She is also artistic director of the Open Arts Café evenings, where artists present original work to a supportive audience.

Short story writer

Tania Hershman is a short story writer and author of 'The White Road and Other Stories', which received a commendation from the judges of the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers.

Working in creative nonfiction

Creative nonfiction is a relatively new literary genre. Though its popularity is growing, as is the critical respect afforded to it. Author John Osborne spoke about his work.

Career article

Agents have a much more intimate knowledge of what commissioning editors will and won’t go for

Getting a literary agent

In the transaction between writer and publishing house, the hard truth is that the aspiring writer is likely to come off worse unless they have a literary agent in your corner.

Janine Marsh became a freelance artist and drama practitioner.

Taking the creative plunge

Got the Monday morning blues? Get them every week? Maybe it’s time for a career change? Here’s five tips on how you can make a successful move into the creative sector.