Elizabeth Ferretti
@elizaf.bsky.social
Writer – speculative climate fiction, and climate non-fiction; MSc in Psychology/ Neuroscience of Mental Health, King's College London, specialising in creativity and mental health. Founder of @writerrevealed.bsky.social – support for writers
An amazing thing happened to my writing this year – I made one change and found a new level of freedom in a new writing project. How is it that the simplest revelations are often the most profound? Read on to find out more.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
An amazing thing happened to my writing this year – I made one change and found a new level of freedom in a new writing project. How is it that the simplest revelations are often the most profound? Read on to find out more.
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Free Your Mind and Your Writing Will Follow
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Free Your Mind and Your Writing Will Follow
Breaking through the barriers and beliefs that stop you writing.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Free Your Mind and Your Writing Will Follow
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An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🥁 Drumroll please...
An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
The Met Office is looking suggestions for 5 names for storms. Like with Boaty McBoatface but with more serious intent, thousands are right now suggesting: BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell. :-)
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Name our Storms
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September 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Met Office is looking suggestions for 5 names for storms. Like with Boaty McBoatface but with more serious intent, thousands are right now suggesting: BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell. :-)
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@coveringclimatenow.org
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@climate-fiction.bsky.social
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@climate-fiction.bsky.social
EXPRESSIVE writing gets the thumbs up from the scientific community – to date there's far too little evidence about the physical / mental benefits of CREATIVE writing – personal experience suggests huge benefits. It's where I work through so many of my current issues and concerns. What about you?
I've just finished a Master's dissertation deep dive into the power of expressive writing for mental and physical health. Science proves expressive writing is a powerful tool in our health and wellbeing toolkit – and it is so underused!
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August 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
EXPRESSIVE writing gets the thumbs up from the scientific community – to date there's far too little evidence about the physical / mental benefits of CREATIVE writing – personal experience suggests huge benefits. It's where I work through so many of my current issues and concerns. What about you?
Need a bit of support to get into or back into your writing this summer? I've got some lovely friendly online writing groups running on Mondays – various time slots. Scan the QR code to find out more.
When is the best time to build a regular, consistent writing practice? The answer is always "now!" I was asked recently what motivates me – my answer – to avoid the deep regret that I didn't do it! Struggling? Come to one of my online Monday Write Together groups to support your writing habit.
July 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Need a bit of support to get into or back into your writing this summer? I've got some lovely friendly online writing groups running on Mondays – various time slots. Scan the QR code to find out more.
Change in our climate is accelerating but we are still embarking on multi-decade projects along vulnerable, rapidly eroding coasts. Are we thinking far enough into the future? I am not convinced that we are.
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UK strikes deal with private investors to build £38bn Sizewell C nuclear power plant
Government’s deal with EDF, Centrica and other backers marks end of 15-year journey to win funding for project
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July 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Change in our climate is accelerating but we are still embarking on multi-decade projects along vulnerable, rapidly eroding coasts. Are we thinking far enough into the future? I am not convinced that we are.
@coveringclimatenow.org
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Angry yet? You should be.
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Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
On the power of writing...
Take writing seriously, even if what you are writing is anything but 'serious'. Writing has the power to transform so much. I'll be examining this more in future posts. For now, just remember that...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
On the power of writing...
Need a hand with your writing? Don't know how to start? Come along to a friendly online writing space launching this coming Monday.
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Got a writing project you want to pick up again? Want to start a new project? Write Together is for you. Affordable, supportive and fun. Message me for details.
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May 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Need a hand with your writing? Don't know how to start? Come along to a friendly online writing space launching this coming Monday.
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Vital piece of global research shows that 80–89% of humanity wants their governments to do more to combat climate change. How many of us are aware of that nearly all of us want the same thing? Spread the (important) word...
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The 89 Percent Project
Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Let’s tell their stories.
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May 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Vital piece of global research shows that 80–89% of humanity wants their governments to do more to combat climate change. How many of us are aware of that nearly all of us want the same thing? Spread the (important) word...
#89percent
#climateaction
#climatechange
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I've been working at a fast pace for several years now, finishing an MSc, a novel, writing paid commissions – it's been great, but now I'm near the end of it all, I see a slower, more reflective period on the horizon that I will greet with open arms...
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May 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I've been working at a fast pace for several years now, finishing an MSc, a novel, writing paid commissions – it's been great, but now I'm near the end of it all, I see a slower, more reflective period on the horizon that I will greet with open arms...
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Another important article from @dpcarrington.bsky.social I try to read this kind of information from as objective a stand point as possible (hard I know!) – emotional responses cloud our ability to approach this with solutions in our minds.
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Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn
Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds
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May 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Another important article from @dpcarrington.bsky.social I try to read this kind of information from as objective a stand point as possible (hard I know!) – emotional responses cloud our ability to approach this with solutions in our minds.
#climatechange
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Today's thought-piece explores an idea that is fundamental to my entire relationship with writing and to what I am writing (there is a difference). I invite you to apply the word change loosely and broadly to your own writing and to your relationship with your writing.
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Two young Cornish writers I worked with recently wanted to change their original idea during the day's workshop. 'Was that ok?' they asked. 'More than ok.' And I added a reminder that what they'd written before had led them here. 'It's not wasted.'
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May 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today's thought-piece explores an idea that is fundamental to my entire relationship with writing and to what I am writing (there is a difference). I invite you to apply the word change loosely and broadly to your own writing and to your relationship with your writing.
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Listened to my first podcast by The Angry Clean Energy Guy @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social. It's brilliant on so many levels. I thoroughly recommend it.
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Episode 91 - The Angry Clean Energy Guy
On Monday, 28 April 2025, a major power blackout occurred across the Iberian Peninsula affecting Portugal and Spain. The Angry Clean Energy Guy on the history of blackouts since the 1960's; why we won...
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May 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Listened to my first podcast by The Angry Clean Energy Guy @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social. It's brilliant on so many levels. I thoroughly recommend it.
#climatefacts
#knowledgeispower
#climatechange
theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...
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theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Highly recommended interview with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on his book Is a River Alive? The need for us to change our relationship with the Earth sits at the heart of this important book. I can't wait to read it. It feels epoch-changing.
#climatejustice
Highly recommended interview with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on his book Is a River Alive? The need for us to change our relationship with the Earth sits at the heart of this important book. I can't wait to read it. It feels epoch-changing.
#climatejustice
Rob Macfarlane : ‘Sometimes I felt as if the river was writing me’
The writer and poet on reimagining rivers as living beings, the ecological crisis near and far and why copyright laws should protect nature
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Highly recommended interview with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on his book Is a River Alive? The need for us to change our relationship with the Earth sits at the heart of this important book. I can't wait to read it. It feels epoch-changing.
#climatejustice
Highly recommended interview with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on his book Is a River Alive? The need for us to change our relationship with the Earth sits at the heart of this important book. I can't wait to read it. It feels epoch-changing.
#climatejustice
After 15+ years teaching creative writing, I am launching a new support space for writers. Please get in touch for more info. It's a no obligation, pay-what-you-want friendly support to help you with your writing, especially if you struggle to find time to write.
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Announcing my long-promised 'Write Together' guided sessions. For any writer struggling to create space to write, a weekly, friendly and supportive space to help you focus on what you love. Message me with your contact email for more info. Starting Monday 2 June.
May 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
After 15+ years teaching creative writing, I am launching a new support space for writers. Please get in touch for more info. It's a no obligation, pay-what-you-want friendly support to help you with your writing, especially if you struggle to find time to write.
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My inspiration for today's post came from an interesting, and very readable, piece by Anne-Laure Le Cunff writing in [email protected]. If you want to find out more about the neuroscience of curiosity I recommend it.
Curiosity is an overlooked part of the Writer’s toolkit – it boosts creativity, improves mental wellbeing, helps us adapt to change. See your writing in this light, and you will work from a place of excitement and interest – that will transmit to readers.
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May 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
My inspiration for today's post came from an interesting, and very readable, piece by Anne-Laure Le Cunff writing in [email protected]. If you want to find out more about the neuroscience of curiosity I recommend it.
Today's post is an invitation to reflect. There is no right or wrong answer, only an opportunity for awareness.
I was interested to see how differently this other writer and I experienced our writing, but however we started we ended up in a similar place, where writing was therapeutic.
I was interested to see how differently this other writer and I experienced our writing, but however we started we ended up in a similar place, where writing was therapeutic.
In reality, there is no inside or outside, only reflection, but I wondered what would happen if I consciously adopted this other writer’s approach. Where does your writing sit on this continuum? What might happen if you changed that in some way?
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April 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Today's post is an invitation to reflect. There is no right or wrong answer, only an opportunity for awareness.
I was interested to see how differently this other writer and I experienced our writing, but however we started we ended up in a similar place, where writing was therapeutic.
I was interested to see how differently this other writer and I experienced our writing, but however we started we ended up in a similar place, where writing was therapeutic.
When I was a child, I loved reading more than anything, but I never dreamed I would write. That was for 'other people'. When I look back, it seems to me that my beloved Schultz poster was prophetic – it took me another three decades to gather the courage to write. Be encouraged. Write!
When I was a child, I had a favourite poster – sitting on top of Snoopy’s house, Woodstock was writing at a typewriter. Snoopy was sitting behind smiling, patting Woodstock on the head. The poster read: A bit of encouragement never did anyone any harm. :-)
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April 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
When I was a child, I loved reading more than anything, but I never dreamed I would write. That was for 'other people'. When I look back, it seems to me that my beloved Schultz poster was prophetic – it took me another three decades to gather the courage to write. Be encouraged. Write!
Support for your writing, and reasonably priced.
In large part I am writing today because I was accepted onto Escalator – an Arts Council mentoring scheme at National Centre for Writing. NCW do great things for writers.
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In large part I am writing today because I was accepted onto Escalator – an Arts Council mentoring scheme at National Centre for Writing. NCW do great things for writers.
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Whether you're writing for the first time or breaking old habits, our 30-day writing challenge is the perfect companion to help you achieve your writing goals — and have fun along the way!
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April 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Support for your writing, and reasonably priced.
In large part I am writing today because I was accepted onto Escalator – an Arts Council mentoring scheme at National Centre for Writing. NCW do great things for writers.
@writerscentre.bsky.social
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/chall...
In large part I am writing today because I was accepted onto Escalator – an Arts Council mentoring scheme at National Centre for Writing. NCW do great things for writers.
@writerscentre.bsky.social
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/chall...
Biography, creative non-fiction, a particular setting, believable characters – each of these have a relationship with the truth that may be worth unpicking. I felt challenged by what I heard from Mario Vargas Llosa – and you?
Do lies and truth matter to you in your writing? Does truth need to be external (verifiable) or internal (does your writing merely have to ‘feel’ true to your reader)? In which case is this just a question of internal coherence, or is it something deeper?
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April 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Biography, creative non-fiction, a particular setting, believable characters – each of these have a relationship with the truth that may be worth unpicking. I felt challenged by what I heard from Mario Vargas Llosa – and you?
Some questions about the influence of audience on your work.
A good orator, Aristotle said in his Rhetoric, manipulates the emotions of their audience (pathos), and builds credibility (ethos) and internal logic (logos). Is this view helpful? And if your intended audience is you, is it still relevant?
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April 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Some questions about the influence of audience on your work.
Sizewell C nuclear plant is going to use same design & tech as at Flamanville
It's currently not working properly and seemingly won't until end of next year at earliest, if ever
Yet UK govt has already put **£6.4bn** of taxpayers money into it, & planning more
www.latribune.fr/climat/energ...
It's currently not working properly and seemingly won't until end of next year at earliest, if ever
Yet UK govt has already put **£6.4bn** of taxpayers money into it, & planning more
www.latribune.fr/climat/energ...
L'EPR de Flamanville ne pourra pas livrer toute sa puissance sans de lourds travaux
Selon nos informations, EDF ne parvient toujours pas à identifier la cause expliquant le dysfonctionnement de la turbine du réacteur normand.
www.latribune.fr
April 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Why not come up with a. a boring idea; b. an interesting idea; c. a crazy idea (or three)?
Our brains are very much more plastic (in the sense of not being fixed) than we ever used to understand. Even into adulthood, new neurons are created in the hippocampus, and new connections made throughout the brain. So, what are you waiting for?
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April 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Why not come up with a. a boring idea; b. an interesting idea; c. a crazy idea (or three)?