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The SWLF journal
Inspiration for the writer in you


Three reasons to enter writing competitions
Submitting your work to creative writing competitions can be an important way to further your writing career.
Gwyneth Box
2 min read


Autumn Words from author Sally Harper
Here we offer space to local Warwickshire author Sally Harper, inspired to write this piece for us by a recent autumn walk. So Autumn is...
Karen Arrand
2 min read












How to: Create Silence & Space
The very best speakers are not only aware of the words they use, but of how to use silence, and the way pauses can affect the audience....
Gwyneth Box
5 min read




How to: Find what makes you tick
Writer and videographer Gemma Callaghan wants to know! Do you consider yourself a writer? So many of us write, but we don’t actually call...
Jacci Gooding
2 min read


How to: Tell your truth
To tell the truth or to tell a good story? Writers have always had a complicated relationship with the truth. SWLF's Creative Non-Fiction...
Gwyneth Box
3 min read
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