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Morgan Lloyd Malcolm @mogster.bsky.social · Jul 7

This weeks post comes from the lovely @beckyph7.bsky.social 💓
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An Honest Day In The Life Of A Writer #19

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · Jun 4

We're looking for a passionate and driven individual to join our Mentoring team to recruit, match and support mentoring pairs across Greater Manchester.

If this busy and rewarding role sounds up your street, get in touch! www.arts-emergency.org/jobs

Deadline to apply: 30 June 2025

Bold black text on a yellow background. Text reads 'We're hiring! Greater Manchester Mentoring Officer'

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · May 20

Planning for a masterclass I’m delivering on theatricality next week & I came across this on my son’s bookshelf. Come along to hear me read from picture books (& maybe say some other things)

www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · May 19

Well, in that case, I’d love to. Xx

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · May 15

Of course, happy to! (Although I don’t think I’d be as wise & articulate as this…)

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · May 14

This is so lush. What a lovely thing! ❤️

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · May 7

So, you’ve got an idea but what makes it a play? Is your story theatrical enough for the stage? And what does, ‘theatricality’ really mean anyway? I’m not claiming to have the answers to those questions, but I never get tired of exploring them. Come along!

Masterclass: Writing for the Stage | Theatricality: what makes your play, a play? | Arvon

You have an idea for a story that you think will work well on the stage. But what makes it a play? Is your story theatrical enough for the medium? What does, 'theatricality' even mean? From the relati...

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · May 2

Labour's base-punching strategy reminds of the Seinfeld episode where George is so obsessed with making Jerry's girlfriend like him (she clearly hates him) that he neglects his own girlfriend (who does like him) and she leaves him

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · Apr 26

you're gonna love the piece I filed yesterday

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · Apr 19

Why are children not playing in the street? An FT piece analysing the - very concerning - decline in outdoor play manages to look at every possible cause: screens, spaces, school timetable changes. Apart from one.

Cars.

It is simply not safe for kids to play outside on streets.

More than 80 per cent of 55- to 64-year-olds said they regularly played out on the street and had freedom to explore when they were young, compared with only a quarter of children today, according to a 2022 survey.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · Apr 18

if you change the name on a CV from a man to a woman's name, recruiters immediately rate it as 18% less competent.

they don't stop to check gametes/wombs.

pretending all sexism is rooted in a particular biology leaves us with no way to talk about systemic bias against female intellect & ambition.

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Apr 18

This is what it comes down to in terms of how we actually function in society: not “what is a woman?”, but “how do you know I’m a woman?” Nobody has ever asked to inspect my gametes or chromosomes. Presentation is literally all anyone is going on.

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Apr 17

I mean I’m a fairly femme cis woman but I don’t carry any ID on me that shows my gender. How could I *prove* I am a woman, if I had to, in a way that isn’t just “well she looks like a girl, fair enough”?

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Emma Adams @emmabob3.bsky.social · Mar 11

@thewritingsquad.bsky.social is recruiting, so I wrote about why I love my squad job go 👉🏻 www.emmaadamswriter.co.uk/new-blog/202...
But if you just want juice: Squad gives free workshops, opps, 121's & peer community. Northern, 16-22, writer? Apply 👉🏻 www.writingsquad.com/join-the-squ... Pls RP. ❤️

A drawing of a dummy's head that wears purple round glasses, and is surrounded by circles.. exploding out of the head is all kinds of objects like pens clouds lightening awards plants. The words 'aged 16-22 and write' are printed below.

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Zee Zom @fnafilms.com · Mar 3

Northern Writers:
Get on this if you qualify
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4 - Alfred Bradley Bursary 2025 - Terms and Conditions

Applications for the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award Terms and Conditions

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · Feb 24

2/ Respond to the Government consultation by midnight tomorrow - we have produced a guide to make it easy for you (and pls share with colleagues and friends!)

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Fight back against Government plans on copyright and AI - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain

On 17 December the Government launched a consultation on AI and copyright. The Government’s proposed plans on AI and copyright will weaken your copyright protections and allow AI companies to use …

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Feb 15

I wrote this on the most consistently terrible, and fatal, idea in centrist politics today. On Fanta, rebadging, and why attempting to win votes from fascists is morally disgusting and politically suicidal.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Séamas O'Reilly: Appeasing the far-right won't placate them — they'll just want the next cruelty

Their concerns are not about society, the economy or public safety, they’re an ever-moving target of fear and hatred that cannot be sated, it has to be challenged.

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Toby Litt @tobylitt.bsky.social · Feb 10

I was planning my Arvon Masterclass on pacing this afternoon.

Got quite excited, as it isn't something I've taught exactly like this before.

Still places available for Friday. Why don't you join us?

www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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Masterclass: Pacing Your Fiction | From breathless plotting to breathtaking details | Arvon

This Masterclass with Toby Litt, author of the daily Substack A Writer’s Diary, will be a practical, craft-based look at the best ways of keeping your reader alongside you – whether you intend to whir...

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Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social · Feb 10

People out here like “Kanye’s music always sucked.” I am begging you to deeply internalize that terrible people are capable of making profound and incredible things.

If we cannot hold these conflicting truths, monsters will always be able to hide behind their talent

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · Jan 23

Late to it, but really loving Spent. Gem of a show.

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BBC Two - Spent, Series 1

Real life hijacks the high life as an international catwalk model crashes down to earth.

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · Jan 20

Oh, also, ‘comparison is the thief of joy’. Hard to say it without sounding like you read too much self help stuff. But it’s true.

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · Jan 20

I don’t know if its aggressively normie exactly, but I find “can’t go over it, can’t go under it, got to go through it” from Michael Rosen’s Bear Hunt, a deceptively simple but profound &beautiful way to think about getting past hard things.

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · Dec 29

Amazing. Deservedly!!

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · Dec 29

Yeah, it’s interesting - maybe bcos of doing a bit of radio - I don’t hate the idea that some stories are there just to keep people company as they go about their lives. Obviously, it’s not a good note for everything. But for some shows, I think people not wanting to concentrate is true and fine.

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Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social · Dec 26

My favourite reads of 2024, I think.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Dec 23

This is very good. 👇Anyone who works in the creative arts (books, music, art, comedy, podcasts, radio, TV, editing, etc) should be telling the U.K. government that copyright matters

Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social · Dec 23

On the AI copyright consultation

Should AI be allowed to train itself off this column?

If you’re a writer, should AI companies be allowed to use your work to train their models without your permission? This is a matter of concern for many writers – as it is for artists, musicians, and a...

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Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social · Dec 19

There's something deeply disturbing about the sight of male photographers & film crews pushing, shoving and using their considerable strength to get close to Gisèle Pelicot as she arrives at the court, while knowing what she has been through. Have some decorum, people. Give the woman some space.

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