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# Ridley Writes

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- [Does the reality of your writing life match your ambitions?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2024/03/does-the-reality-of-your-writing-life-match-your-ambitions/) - #post_excerptNow is a brilliant moment to assess our writing life. How is the reality of that life matching up against our ambitions?
- [On unicorns, hobbits and the enchanted forest of writing](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2024/03/on-unicorns-hobbits-and-the-enchanted-forest-of-writing/) - Unicorns and hobbits My daughter is big into unicorns. Huge. She displays academic tendencies and leanings in how she expresses her interest in the world. She likes research. She’s deeply curious. Right now, she wants to know everything there is about unicorns. She wants to read all the books, record all the data. She wants
- [The writer's paradox](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2024/02/the-writers-paradox/) - "The writer is usually either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one; or both. Usually both." Susan Sontag This feels like one of those English lit essay questions from university. Whenever I read the quote, I always want to add the word 'Discuss'. Notwithstanding my apparent latent and hitherto inert English teacher desires,
- [Which writer will you apprentice yourself to this year?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2024/02/which-writer-will-you-apprentice-yourself-to-this-year/) - What do I mean by which writer will you apprentice yourself to? Who are your favourite writers? What stories have you read in your life that have left echoes, tattoed themselves onto your heart? These are the writers to whom you have the opportunity to become apprenticed. How exactly do we do this? The Apprentice
- [Process or Product – what’s your writing payoff type?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2024/01/process-or-product-whats-your-writing-payoff-type/) - Process or Product - What's your writing payoff type? And how could knowing that help with your writing? I was at a theatre writing lab last week and there was a group discussion about the ‘magic’ of writing. One of the participants said she felt the romance of writing was a bit over-egged. She felt
- [The writer’s relationship with their phone](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2024/01/the-writers-relationship-with-their-phone/) - The writer’s relationship with their phone What is your relationship with your phone like? Mine is currently sat beside me on my desk. Like a year-round elf-on-the-shelf, I always need to know where the cheeky little mite is. It distracts me and entertains me and thieves my time. It does this with my consent –
- [Is your New Year’s Resolution to write more?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2024/01/is-your-new-years-resolution-to-write-more/) - Is your New Year’s Resolution to write more? New Year’s Resolutions are all considered a bit naff these days aren’t they? All the really cool people who ‘get it’ are so over setting them. And marvellous, jolly good luck I say. Each to their own. I however, have never been one for ‘getting it’ or
- [Do you close the door when you write?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/11/do-you-close-the-door-when-you-write/) - Do you close the door when you write? Where do you write? What is the space like? Does it have a door? And, do you close it? Lately, I’ve started closing the door to my office when I’m writing my stories. I’ve always closed it when I’m on a coaching call or attending a virtual
- [For the joy of reading...](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/11/the-joy-of-reading/) - My son just started school this year and is in the throes of learning to read. His big sister is a big reader and since she started being allowed to read to herself at night at the end of our bedtime routine, he too has gathered a selection of his favourite books and spent a
- [The real reason there’s never a good time to write...](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/10/the-real-reason-theres-never-a-good-time-to-write/) - Over on the short story writing course last week, we were chatting about the struggle to find and maintain the time to write. And it absolutely is a struggle for lots of us lots of the time. It’s probably one of the most common coaching conversations I have with writers. Even writers who ostensibly don’t
- [Is reflection a regular part of your writing practice?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/10/is-reflection-a-regular-part-of-your-writing-practice/) - Reflection is one of those things, a bit like meditation, that we know is good for us, but chances are we don't do it (enough). I know I certainly haven't. Capital R reflection I've done A LOT of (as the bookcase full of journals and notebooks can attest to). In real terms, on a weekly
- [Some quick tips on improving exposition in your writing](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/09/some-quick-tips-on-improving-exposition-in-yourwriting/) - What is 'exposition'? The dictionary defines it as: "the act of expounding or setting forth information or a viewpoint." In our creative writing exposition is: "a literary device that is meant to relay background information about a main character, setting, event or other element of the narrative." Put another way, it's something you do to
- [How do you know what the story you're trying to tell is?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/07/how-do-you-know-what-the-story-youre-trying-to-tell-is/) - Finding the story in the story I get to interview all sorts of interesting people as part of the freelance writing I do. My interview briefs tend to be quite non-specific. Or, to put it another way, more often than not I go into these conversations at least partially blind as to what the story
- [Why the tough days of writing are worth double](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/07/why-the-tough-days-of-writing-are-worth-double/) - Parenting and writing have a lot in common. You often hear the somewhat clichéd analogy that when you release a book or words you’ve written out into the world, it’s like letting go of your babies. Well, one hopes by the time they are out the door, they are at least teenagers and have the
- [Inside the Writing Life of Steve Hartnell](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/06/inside-the-writing-life-of-steve-hartnell/) - For over 15 years Steve Hartnell has harboured the desire to write and publish a book. Whilst the first novel he wrote languishes (for the moment) in the infamous writer's 'bottom drawer', his latest novel 'Beltane's Child' is currently with the publisher undergoing copy-editing and proofreading processes and is due out later this year. In
- [Inside the Writing Life of Vicky Eaton](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/06/inside-the-writing-life-of-vicky-eaton/) - Business owner, mum, community volunteer and WRITER, Vicky Eaton shares her experience of writing a non-fiction book on Commercial Conversions. Vicky's entertaining and personal piece details a number of challenges she has overcome in writing her first book. In particular, she raises that tricky question of when is a person who writes officially 'a writer'.
- [Why we should publish and be damned](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/06/why-we-should-publish-and-be-damned/) - Publish and be damned? What libellous tomfoolery is she on about now, I hear you cry. Well, let me take you back aways to a time ‘before the internet’ and a personal story to help illustrate my point. Years ago I was visiting my best friend who had moved to Denmark when we were ten.
- [Why you'll never hear from me on a Monday Morning](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/05/why-youll-never-hear-from-me-on-monday-morning/) - There’s a reason you’ll never hear from me on a Monday morning. Mondays are holy. Forget everything you’ve ever heard about them being Manic. Forget that Boomtown hatred of them. Mondays are golden. They are a special place, they are in fact a sanctuary…. Monday Morning It’s Monday morning, something before 9am. I’m back in
- [Inside the Writing Life of Kat Byles](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/05/inside-the-writing-life-of-kat-byles/) - I first met Kat Byles through her phenomenal course PR with Heart, an astonishingly life-changing approach to business which encourages us to start from and remain true to what the heart knows in all aspects of life. Especially business. In the post below Kat shares with us some of the journey she has been on:
- [How do you write a short theatre script?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/05/how-do-you-write-a-short-theatre-script/) - My Writing Process – Part 1 – Theatre Scriptwriting Collaboration I’m currently working on a 60-minute play called Possession with two other writing colleagues from Darkstuff Productions. In this post, I lift the bonnet for you to see the workings of this process and how an individual writes a third of an hour-long script. Collaborative
- [Inside the writing life of Lucy Sollitt](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/05/inside-the-writing-life-of-lucy-sollitt/) - Lucy Sollitt is a philosopher, curator, artist mentor, and consultant. She is also a brilliant writer. Her latest article The Synthetic Sacred: How The Thin Places In Art Offer A Redemptive Relationship With Hybrid Ecologies, challenges our often binary responses toward a technical and synthetic future present. Lucy shares with us an insight into how
- [Why you should delete that first paragraph...](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/05/why-you-should-delete-that-first-paragraph/) - 'Throat-clearing' was what Mr.Giddens, my wisened and bearded A-level history teacher used to call it. It's that first sentence or paragraph at the beginning of a blog, article, essay, or chapter. It's often the first line we write. It's the warm-up exercise our brain needs, a flexing of the writing muscle before we get into
- [Ice cream, candy floss, and writing the sea](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/04/ice-cream-candy-floss-and-writing-the-sea/) - One of my great joys in writing coaching is getting to read the writing of the people I work with. Before we are writers, we are readers. When we read a story we're transported usually to another place and time. Words on a page take us simultaneously further into ourselves and enable us to empty
- [How can an experimental mindset help you to find time to write?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2023/02/how-can-an-experimental-mindset-help-you-to-find-time-to-write/) - I haven’t needed to set an alarm for the past 6 years. My 6-year-old and 4-year-old are frankly alarming enough first thing on a morning. More reliable than a farmyard cockerel – and significantly less patient for the first sign of sunrise– my children have made sleeping in a much more longed-for goal in my
- [Why writing is a counter-cultural activity](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2022/09/why-writing-is-a-counter-cultural-activity/) - Writing is a counter-cultural activity because it asks us to go deep. Yes, you can say, ‘it was Tuesday, I was busy. The dog was sleeping. I felt anxious'. But even as we write those words we know we’re skimming it, like a pebble barely touching the surface of the water. Wading out, we risk
- [How Twenty minutes saved my writing this summer](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2022/08/how-twenty-minutes-saved-my-writing-this-summer/) - It’s not been the easiest summer writing-wise for me. My writing year has been pretty disrupted as a whole actually. At the beginning of the year, I found myself wrestling (read 'struggling') with the latest draft of my novel. This wasn't helped by the fact the time I set aside to work on the novel
- [Inside the writing life of Hazel Walshaw](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2022/06/inside-the-writing-life-of-hazel-walshaw/) - Hazel Walshaw is a writer, copy editor and mum to three boys. She started writing back in 2018 after sitting on an idea for a kid's book for a couple of years inspired by a very snowy winter. Here Hazel cracks open the door for us to take a look inside her writing life... I’ve
- [What does a writer’s life look like?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2022/05/what-does-a-writers-life-look-like/) - I’ve written for years. I have a multitude of notebooks on a bookshelf in my bedroom. I’ve written stories and articles, blog posts, and poetry (reams and reams of gut-wrenchingly terrible stuff albeit cathartic at the time). I’ve written one good play and several awful ones. I’ve devoted considerable time and attention to reading books
- [Why Christmas isn't all jolly holly](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2021/12/why-christmas-isnt-all-jolly-holly/) - I love Christmas. Anyone who knows me will tell you that. I love the dark nights and the vibrant stars. I love cosying up in the sitting room, with rugs, hot water bottles, an open fire, a steaming mug of tea (several in fact). I love the Christmas songs, carols by candlelight; I love the
- [The Mendips: A place to be small under the stars](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2021/11/the-mendips-a-place-to-be-small-under-the-stars/) - The road up through the Mendips to Glastonbury is at times suddenly and stubbornly steep, so that I falter, bluster and faff to find the right gear. Beneath me the car groans and coughs, heavy and unfit, no longer in its city slick groove. There is a barrenness to the landscape, the higher we climb.
- [Our garden belongs to the spiders](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2021/10/our-garden-belongs-to-the-spiders/) - Our garden belongs to the spiders It is crisscrossed with threads of web making. Only last week one such was strung from the corner of the house by the back door to the fence opposite. Accessing the garden was impossible without crashing the thread. Aimée and I had watched the spider in question making the
- [Ridley's Writing Room: A writing room of your own](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2021/08/ridleys-writing-room-a-writing-room-of-your-own/) - Ridley’s Writing Room is an online virtual space for women writers to come together regularly for an hour to write ‘in-community’. The purpose of the writing room is to help create some space in your writing week – something that can be a real challenge – especially when juggling the demands and needs of other
- [Fat is a Feminist Issue: Book Review](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2021/07/book-review-fat-is-a-feminist-issue/) - Fat is a Feminist Issue (FIFI) wasn’t the book I was expecting to read at all. And the fact it wasn’t was even hidden under a new preface called FIFI today, which lulled me into a contented sense of knowing what this book was going to be. The new preface brilliantly and harrowingly brings the
- [Audre Lorde: Woman for our Times?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2021/03/audre-lorde-woman-for-our-times/) - Sarah Bird is a writer and part of the Classic Feminist Lit Book Club. She agreed to share her thoughts on the profound experience reading 'Sister Outsider' by Audre Lorde had on her thinking. Our book group recently read ‘Sister Outsider’, a classic collection of essays by Audre Lorde. Lorde (1934-1992) was a writer and
- [Unexpected Consequences by Rebecca Megson-Smith](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2020/12/unexpected-consequences-by-rebecca-megson-smith/) - Here's a piece I wrote for 'Dispatches from New Motherhood' an anthology of writing from new mothers, edited by Emylia Hall, author and founder of Mothership Writers, published in May 2020. I was deeply honoured for my piece to not only be selected as the opening story for the anthology but also to be one
- [Do we even need a Classic Feminist Lit Book Club anyway?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2020/10/do-we-even-need-a-classic-feminist-lit-book-club-anyway/) - Tonight is the inaugural meeting of the Classic Feminist Book Club. We're reading Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider and I can't wait to hear the thoughts and reactions of the club members to the text. Below are my thoughts on why a Classic Feminist Lit Book Club is exactly what we need right now... Feminism and
- [Why you should start a writing journal today](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2020/09/why-you-should-start-a-writing-journal-today/) - I keep a writing journal. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done actually* for my writing, setting up and keeping a writing journal. But why, I hear you ask. What’s the point? Do I really need ANOTHER journal in my life (spoiler alert: yes you do!). To help answer those questions, I’m opening
- [Writing Prompt: The sea (& me)](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2019/10/writing-prompt-the-sea-me/) - This weeks' writing prompt is 'The Sea (& Me)'.....I was on the South Coast of Devon the other weekend celebrating my niece's birthday, so the photos are my own - and as richly moody as you'd expect the English coast to be on a Sunday in late October. I think, especially living on this island
- [Writing Prompt: A vase of pink carnations](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2019/10/pink-carnations/) - A vase of pink carnations This is my first daily writing prompt. Tomorrow I will post a piece based on this prompt. If you want to join in why not look at the image and write as many words, fact or fiction, as the senses guide you to? Feel free to share your stories in
- [English Rain](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2019/05/english-rain/) - English Rain. When it rains it pours. Or drizzles and mistles. It pelts down, raining cats and dogs, in stair rods... For the past month I've been fortunate enough to be part of a fantastic new writing community in Bristol - the Mothership Writers. Mothership Writers The brainchild of Bristol based novelist Emylia Hall, we
- [How to be a writing mum](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/10/how-to-be-a-writing-mum/) - 'I’ve always believed that one woman’s success can only help another woman’s success' Gloria Vanderbilt 'Writing mum' Does being a mum make any difference to your life as a writer? Should I even be thinking in terms of this category ‘writing mum’? I think the challenges are pretty much the same for writers, whether they
- [How to be a writing mum: the career coach method](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/10/how-to-be-a-writing-mum-the-career-coach-method/) - 'Be determined because to do so will nourish you, your creativity and also your child' Rebecca Hartnell, Daemon Career Coach Rebecca Hartnell is a specialist in career coaching, leadership development and clinical supervision. Through her business Daemon Career Coach she provides support for individuals and organisations in transition. She is mum to a seven year
- [How to be a writing mum: the writer facilitator way](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/10/how-to-be-a-writing-mum-the-writer-facilitator-way/) - 'I was definitely ‘Mummy’, but who else was I to be? Writing gave me the answer' Claire Gaudry, writer & facilitator First and foremost, Claire is ‘Mummy’ to her beloved Amy and William. And then… she is a writer facilitator. Claire blogs on motherhood, writing, inspiration and the transformative power of love. She is the author
- [How to be a writing mum: the personal finance expert](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/10/how-to-be-a-writing-mum-the-personal-finance-expert/) - 'Being creative is only going to enhance your motherhood skills' Lynn James, Mrs Mummypenny Lynn James is a personal finance expert & founder of Mrs Mummypenny. She writes about personal finance made simple, lifestyle choices to save time and money, as well as products and services that offer great value. She is mum to Dylan
- [How totally failing my first interview led me here...](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/01/how-totally-failing-my-first-interview-led-me-here/) - I completely failed my first interview. They asked me, ‘What are your strengths?’ It’s an obvious question and it definitely shouldn’t have felt like the curveball it did.
- [Why Ridley writes?](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/09/why-ridley-writes/) - “Write what should not be forgotten” Isabel Allende My maternal grandmother Annie Ridley was my maternal grandmother’s maiden name. She loomed large in my life as a kid - but through stories alone. She died a few years before I was born - at the desperately young age of 59. When I started blogging and tweeting
- [Top 10 'most read' posts from my previous blog](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/10/top-10-most-read-posts-from-my-previous-blog/) - 'Every thing must have a beginning … and that beginning must be linked to something that went before' Mary Shelley My first blog site I’ve been blogging, in a somewhat sporadic manner, since 2012 when I set up my very first, previous blog site. I started for many of the same reasons outlined my recent
- [Starting a new writing project](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/09/starting-new-writing-project/) - 'And joy...joy is the infaliable sign of the presence of God' Madeleine L'Engle, A ring of endless light New writing project Starting any new writing project is nerve-racking. Capturing the beauty of an idea and turning it into a black and white reality is an onerous task. It's why writers almost permanently have a pen and
- [Preparing for life with two children under 3 years old](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/2018/09/preparing-for-life-with-two-children-under-3-years-old/) - “Perhaps it takes courage to raise children” John Steinbeck, East of Eden A baby and a toddler???? So here I am, preparing for life with two children. People have told me that the shift from having 1 child to having 2 is much less of a shock to the system than going from 0 to

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- [Write your truth...](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/) - “A word after a word after a word is power” Margaret Atwood ...because someone needs to hear it What would you say if someone asked you to write your truth? Does the thought fill you with dread? Or is it excitement...? We're a nosy species, seeking the truth in stories, reading and writing to find
- [The Writing Rooms](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/the-writing-rooms/) - "Joining the writing room encourages me to make time to write, no matter what it is I’m writing. It is lovely to have this moment to connect with a community and moreover, to be part of the space that Rebecca holds for us." Lucy Solnitt Ridley’s Writing Room & The Write Lab How do Writing
- [Writing your Short Story](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/writing-your-short-story/) - Writing your Short Story Have you ever fancied writing a short story? Or are you a seasoned short story writer who wants to deepen your skills? Spring 2024 - I will run a 10-week online writing course where you will build a short story from a foundational idea to a completed piece. The course will
- [Thanks](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/thanks/) - Thank you for your time, I'll be in touch shortly. If you have any questions in the meantime please don't hesitate to email me rebecca@ridleywrites.co.uk
- [Theatre](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/theatre/) - I've been involved in theatre in various guises for over a decade. Longer if you include working Front of House at the Oxford Playhouse many many moons ago! Darkstuff Productions I'm currently Creative Producer for Darkstuff Productions, having worked with the brilliant writers and company founders Simon Harvey Williams and Phil John since 2012 when
- [Classes and Workshops](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/classes-and-workshops/) - “Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.” Ann Patchett Classes and Workshops I run a number of classes and workshops throughout the year. I am a MasterClass speaker for Apolitical's writing courses, have
- [The Write Lab](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/the-write-lab/) - The Write Lab is a space dedicated to supporting non-fiction writers, independent researchers, academics and scholars through collectively accessing our creativity, connection and community. Co-founded by Rebecca Megson-Smith and Jaya Gajparia, we run writing rooms, workshops, events and retreats to help writers get their words on the page and get their writing done. The Write
- [Writing coach & mentor](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/writing-coach-mentor/) - "Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version" Carolyn See Writing your truth Engaging a Writing Coach & Mentor can be the difference between having a great idea and actually getting it down on paper, the first step towards sharing it with people who need you to write
- [Ridley Writes Newsletter](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/ridley-writes-newsletter/) - Sign up to my newsletter to receive weekly reminders about the Writing Rooms, the monthly Reading Rooms and tips and insights into the writing life...
- [Awethor Group Writing Coaching](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/awethor-group-writing-coaching/) - “This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until it’s done. It’s that easy, and that hard.” Neil Gaiman Writing a first draft of your novel with Awethor It is that easy, and that hard to write a novel. There's only one way to do
- [Developmental Editor](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/developmental-editor/) - “Words. Words. I play with words, hoping that some combination, even a chance combination, will say what I want” Doris Lessing What is a Developmental Editor? A developmental editor is someone who can help bring deep gold of your manuscript to the surface. When you've completed a first or second draft of your manuscript having
- [Services](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/services/) - “I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.” – Flannery O’Connor Your Story Matters.... I can help you find and tell your story. Together we can make sure that the people you care about most get to hear what you have to say. I work with
- [Content Writing & Blogging](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/content-writing/) - "Write so that people can hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart" Maya Angelou Content writing We all know good content writing when we see it. We recognise the value that it can bring to ourselves and others. However the challenge is it needs more time than many
- [Get in touch](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/get-in-touch/) - ""How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world" Anne Frank If you've read something on this site that has made you want to get in touch with me then please either use the form below or email me directly I look forward to hearing from you!
- [My story...](https://ridleywrites.co.uk/about/) - “To be a person is to have a story to tell.” – Isak Dinesen Stolen torchlight... Reading and writing have been my constant companions as far back as I can remember. As a child I would read by stolen torchlight under the duvet, or behind sofas at other people’s houses when my parents were visiting

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