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Walk the line

Christina Sanders on why a short stroll outside can help the words to flow

How to harness the stars in your storytelling

Novelist and astrologer Andrea Hannah explores how astrology can guide your creative process

How to write high concept fiction

Author and writing tutor Katie Khan explores how to conquer the elusive ‘high-concept’ novel

40 years ago, in 1982, Anne Dickson’s no-nonsense assertiveness guide – A Woman In Your Own Right – galvanised a generation of women to say ‘no’ to unreasonable demands on their behaviour, and push for reasonable demands for change. As the book is reissued as an anniversary edition, Dickson explains why the lessons and techniques that were so important 40 years ago are still relevant today

Interview: Alice Oseman

Laura Steven catches up with the YA author/illustrator who’s achieved more by the age of 26 than most writers do in a lifetime

The sunflower

The March edition of Mslexia went to press before the invasion of Ukraine, but by coincidence it contained this poem by the award-winning poet Hannah Lowe, from her ‘Editing a Poem’ series in the magazine

A spoonful of sugar

Novelist and writing mentor Jill Dawson challenges the widely accepted teaching model for creative writing, and proposes a different approach

What a difference a win makes

We are chuffed as chips to announce the publication today of the winner our 2019 Novel Competition – in gorgeous hardback from Pan Macmillan. The Midwife by Tricia Cresswell is a historical novel exploring the themes of women’s equality and reproductive rights and a worthy winner in so many ways.

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