
Lesley Atherton
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Ten Tips to Rub Out Writers' Block
Do other professions have similar issues to writers’ block? Is there such a thing as Doctors’ Dread? Opticians’ Obstruction? Grocers’ Groan

Lesley Atherton
- 5 min
Hot and Cold
Perfection. That’s what she was, and I was sure that today would work out just the way I’d planned.

Lesley Atherton
- 3 min
'Moving Times' by Phoenix Writers
The first thing you notice is that it is a very attractive book with a simple but well-designed and effective cover. This really does the co

Lesley Atherton
- 3 min
Interview with Lesley Atherton about Past Present Tense (now published as 'Life's a Mess')
A: This book is about hoarding and nastiness as well as being about family and relationships. It's an obvious question, but why on earth wo

Lesley Atherton
- 2 min
Transcript of Lesley Atherton interview by Grace Sachs 13th February 2019
G: My first question for you is a very simple one, and you must get sick of answering it. Why would anyone want to write? It

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- 7 min
Session on the Art of Writing
Writing about writing Complete one of the following: 1) A completely factual account of time in the life of a writer (you!) who is...

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- 18 min
Session on Writing Horror
You have to feel it in order to heal it. Why read horror fiction? Lesley's comments. Time to write your own comments. How to write...

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- 1 min
Word Challenge
Asked to create a short story from the following words: parting, unbelievable, identical twin, jovial, cryptic, rain, marmalade,...

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- 1 min
Writing Group: Come Inside - Idea for Kids' Story
Can you continue this story? Rosie was hungry. ‘Is tea nearly ready?’ she moaned. Her brother joined her in her moaning. ‘I need a...

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- 1 min
Tale of the Unexpected Beginning
Consider this as a beginning or inspiration for your writing: It was obvious that we were lost. There must have been a turn taken...

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- 3 min
Glories of Writing Groups
From 2016... I've been attending my writing group, Write You Are, for a year and a half now, since its start-up meeting. I also attended...

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- 4 min
Thoughts on Short Stories
Sometimes wonderful writing creeps up on you by stealth. It may seem simplistic, perhaps overly so, or even naïve - or primitive. But...

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- 3 min
Finish this Star Wars Story
Why not try to finish this slightly derivative story begun by a very clever and very young man? There was a big metal door. It was...