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Where do you get your ideas from?

The other day, I was speaking to someone I hadn't met before about my journalism. I was talking about the process of pitching, and they...

Can you start a sentence with 'And'?

In the olden days (aka the 1980s), when I was at school, our English teachers told us never to start a sentence with a conjunction. A...

4 Apostrophe Work-Arounds When You're Not Sure What's Correct

Listen, I may be a grammar nerd but I'm not a grammar fascist. I'm happy to boldly split an infinitive and I love a dangling preposition...

Find Your True Writing Voice

Are you - or is someone you know - a writer of ethnically diverse heritage? Then look here, because on Wednesday 11th May I'm running an...

Unfrazzle at Brighton Summit

My next Unfrazzle workshop will be at the Brighton Summit on Friday 29th April. The Brighton Summit is run by Brighton Chamber of...

Are you a perfectionist?

I discovered perfectionism when I was about 10. I'd written a short story about a princess who rescued a prince from a tower, and I gave...