Writing

How to Become a Writer: A Writer’s Christmas Story

How To Become A Writer by Freddie Machin You don’t recognise the wrapping paper. Green and red diagonal stripes, with…

We spoke to Freddie Machin, playwright and feature film writer, about how to improve your writing skills. I once asked…

For all City Academy aspiring writers, and fellow creative writers. We’ve hand-picked the latest and best writing competitions from the…

Earlier this year we launched our very first Script-a-Shot competition: an initiative to fully produce a short film written by…

As an aspiring writer, what’s scarier than a plain white rectangle? For me, it’s lots of white rectangles, all with…

Head of Writing Jon Barton shares ten helpful steps to motivate you through both the craft and graft when writing…

This spring we launched our Script a Short competition: a competition for City Academy students and alumni, where the winner…

City Academy’s Head of Writing Jon Barton shares his top five do’s (and one don’t) for perfecting your descriptive prose.Take…

Character. Funny word, isn’t it? Writers often tell stories from the perspective of a character as if they were a…

Head of Writing Jon Barton discusses procrastination, perfectionism and high expectations. So if you have been pondering on that novel…