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Archives

December 2020

  • Celebrating our MA Creative Writing success stories at UEA

October 2020

  • An interview with Antony Johnston, author of 'The Organised Writer'

February 2020

  • The Silence of the Archives - A guest post by Pete Langman

November 2019

  • Supporting The Creative Future Writers' Award

July 2019

  • Creativity and Leadership – A Guest Post by Trevor Waldock

February 2019

  • Teaching Writing: Editing vs. Coaching

August 2018

  • Routes to Publication - our Google Academy event
  • Carolyn Kirby's compelling debut: The Conviction of Cora Burns

July 2018

  • Our Writers' Community: Group outings
  • Routes to Publication: our Event at Google Academy

May 2018

  • Blog Tour: 'Bluethroat Morning'
  • Lucy Kaufman's Play - Eleanor Marx: The Jewess of Jews Walk

March 2018

  • Literary Thriller 'Bluethroat Morning' - Cover Reveal
  • Sarah Dickinson, author of 'Plenty Mango' speaks with Jacqui Lofthouse (Part Two)

February 2018

  • Sarah Dickinson, author of 'Plenty Mango' speaks with Jacqui Lofthouse (Part One)

January 2018

  • 'Isn't it terrible about Chechnya': Jane Austen - the wartime writer

November 2017

  • Carolyn Kirby triumphs in two first novel awards

September 2017

  • An interview with novelist Stuart Warner
  • Writing in the Dark - by Miranda Gold

June 2017

  • Words Away Salon: 'Be Your Own Writing Coach'
  • Literary Fiction - a panel discussion at Waterstones

May 2017

  • Our Founder at The People's Book Prize
  • Life imitating Art: The People's Book Prize

March 2017

  • Hidden Stories: the story behind the story
  • The Importance of Reading: 'Reading as Alchemy'

November 2016

  • How the Bridport Prize kick-started my novel
  • Non-fiction and its possibilities: a guest post by Glynis Kozma

July 2016

  • Branding Workshop for Content Creation at The Shard, London

April 2016

  • Our new publishing imprint Nightingale Editions and a visit from JK Rowling
  • Nan Bovington longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize

November 2015

  • An interview with playwright Stephen Brown
  • Networking for writers and why it matters

September 2015

  • Memoir writing and memory: fact versus truth
  • Inspiration from the Charroux Literary Festival

June 2015

  • Join me at the Charroux Festival this summer
  • The beautiful coincidence of Paradise Road Project

March 2015

  • Literary Friendship: Louise Doughty and Jacqui Lofthouse
  • Common Mistakes in Writing Fiction and how to avoid them

February 2015

  • On taking yourself seriously as a writer
  • Looking for a Literary Consultant? Our new team is here.
  • The Observer - a writing prompt

January 2015

  • Modigliani's muse: the evolution of a novel
  • Monday morning writing prompt: the muddy boots
  • Alice Jolly's experience of working with Unbound, a 'crowd-funded' publisher
  • Annual reading review, part one: looking back on a reading year as an NQT

November 2014

  • Win two sessions on the Full Mentor Programme

October 2014

  • The book launch for 'Welcome to Sharonville' - Jacqui Lofthouse interviews Dr. Sharon Zink

August 2014

  • Publishing success story - from the 'virtual drawer' to glitzy launch party

July 2014

  • Blogging tips and sparkly ears: 10 things I learned from Blogcademy, London

February 2013

  • Recent publications by 'Writing Coach' clients

August 2012

  • The Mslexia Children's Novel Competition

May 2012

  • A fresh direction for The Writing Coach
  • On 'playing a ten' (or what an acting class taught me about confidence for writers)

January 2012

  • Time management for writers: ten ways of finding time to write when you have no time
  • Annual Review of 2011 (Part One: What went well)

December 2011

  • How a single image can lead to an entire novel: on listening to author Ian Beck

November 2011

  • A view on NaNoWriMo (could you and should you write a novel in a month?)

September 2011

  • Ten simple steps to make editing a novel easier and more fun

July 2011

  • An artist's date in nature

June 2011

  • My favourite productivity tips for writers

May 2011

  • The road to completion

April 2011

  • The lure of the independent bookshop
  • On visiting the London Book Fair 2011
  • Ten reasons why you can afford to be confident as a writer (or "having a chat with your inner superhero")
  • Leaf Writers' Magazine

March 2011

  • Creating Convincing Characters (The Archive Series)
  • An Interview with Voula Grand, Author of Honor's Shadow
  • Welcome to the Writing Coach Blog

May 2010

  • On Uncertainty (or the Van Gogh School of writing fiction)

June 2006

  • Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis - On Creativity and Despair

June 2005

  • Wedding Rondeau: musing on a serious literary life

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About The Writing Coach

Jacqui Lofthouse

The Writing Coach was founded in 2005 by the novelist Jacqui Lofthouse. An international mentoring and development organisation for writers, it is also an online home for writers, somewhere you can find advice, information, motivation and most of all encouragement for your writing work ... read more

The Modigliani Girl

Anna Bright never wanted to write a novel. At least, that’s what she tells herself. But a chance encounter with a famous novelist and a surprise gift of an art book cut a chink in Anna’s resolve. The short, tragic life of Modigliani’s mistress, Jeanne Hébuterne, becomes an obsession and before she knows it, she has enrolled on a creative writing course, is writing about a fictional Jeanne and mixing with the literati.

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Recent Posts

  • Celebrating our MA Creative Writing success stories at UEA
  • An interview with Antony Johnston, author of ‘The Organised Writer’
  • The Silence of the Archives – A guest post by Pete Langman
  • Supporting The Creative Future Writers’ Award
  • Creativity and Leadership – A Guest Post by Trevor Waldock

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So good to know my ebook ‘Get Black on White’ So good to know my ebook ‘Get Black on White’ continues to inspire others - Thank-you @hernanfitte 
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The first in our series of book ‘Acknowledgement The first in our series of book ‘Acknowledgements’ pages - for the work our Founder @jacquilofthouse does with writers. Here @sacuthbert Sara Bailey’s ‘Dark Water’ published by Jacqui’s imprint of @blackbird_bks @nightingale_editions 

It was such a joy to work on this book and to visit Orkney for the launch. 

“I couldn't help but be fascinated by this book. It uses the Orkney setting beautifully, and the islands are intertwined with the story of a woman facing the past she'd evaded for years: both in the clarity of the light and the roughness of the sea. It uses suspense and structure with skill ...The final scene was brilliantly described. Suspense, sex and selkie girls: irresistible!” – Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun, Winner of the Wainwright Prize 2016 

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During these days when we can’t yet be together During these days when we can’t yet be together again, it’s great to look back at the fun we’ve had together as a writing community.

Here’s a flashback to 2018 when the wonderful @landrylie hosted The Writing Coach’s Routes to Publication evening at @googleacademyupc (thank you Dan!)

Who’s looking forward to such events again as soon as it is safe to do so? 

What kind of events for writers both online and in person would you love to experience?  Here we were with @louisedoughtyauthor @blackbird_bks @johnmitchinson @roopafarooki @alicejolly_ 
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My latest newsletter -link in bio “2021 repres My latest newsletter -link in bio 

“2021 represents a fresh start for so many of us. After a year like the one we’ve just lived – we have so much to say and so many stories to tell…
If you’re anything like me, you have a book (or play or poetry collection) just waiting to be completed – and probably another idea lined up for after that – and you are determined to get that idea down on the page this year.
We’ve all been shaken by the experience of 2020. How could we not be? We’ve witnessed a fundamental shift in our reality. Of course, everyone’s experience of the past year is different. Yet one thing I do know: in the midst of the losses and the grief, the loneliness and the heartache, it has also been possible to grow creatively, to experience moments of exquisite wonder and to glimpse the first signs of new possibilities ahead.”

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I’m super-excited to have just launched my new M I’m super-excited to have just launched my new Membership group for writers ... Inside Story!  (Link in bio)

It’s aimed at writers who are serious about completing a book (or play/screenplay/poetry collection) in 2021! All writers will be welcome from beginners to published professionals. There will also be weekly 'write-ins' by Zoom to write alongside others, special guest authors and downloadable resources.

The weekly classes on Zoom will cover aspects of craft, focus and productivity as well as the industry and marketing our work. It’s for writers internationally, not just in the UK as classes will be held in different time zones. I’d love to see you Inside...

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