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In this episode, we explore the idea of perspectives in writing and how they can make or break a story. We also have some excellent examples for you from Firewords 9!

The first podcast of 2018 focuses on poetry and how we believe you can get a true emotional reaction from your reader. We don’t take an analytical look at poetic techniques, but rather step back to consider how writing should be approached in the first place. This is an area in which there are no…

In this end-of-year wrap up episode, we look back at what we achieved in 2017 and what we’ve got planned for the future. We also talk about Issue 9 of the magazine, which is about to be released! Finally we discuss the NaNoWriMo challenge that took place in November and talk about how short story…

Today’s episode was inspired by a problem we’ve noticed in a few submissions. It’s also something Jen is struggling with in her own writing: Overwriting. This topic is one we’ve written about before, but we’re discussing it again as it’s an important one. Do you ever struggle with overwriting? Is less usually more? Share your…

Today’s episode was inspired by a problem we’ve noticed in a few submissions. It’s also something Jen is struggling with in her own writing: Overwriting. This topic is one we’ve written about before, but we’re discussing it again as it’s an important one. Do you ever struggle with overwriting? Is less usually more? Share your…

We’re back. We’re married. And we’re excited to be podcasting again. As we head into another submission round, we thought it would be a good time to discuss them on the podcast, so today’s episode is all about those final touches before you hit send. Whether you get accepted or not is largely down to…

We’re taking a break from podcasting for the whole of August and this mini update episode explains why (spoiler: one week until the wedding!) We also touch on a problem that a lot of writers experience – feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes you need to prioritise certain things in your life and you should never beat yourself…

In this week’s podcast, I keep the topic a surprise from Jen and put her on the spot about what’s holding her back from putting her work out there more. Here are some of the reasons we touch on in this episode. Maybe you can relate to some of them? Perfectionism and never being completely…

Writing can be a very solitary activity and a lot of writers would prefer to keep it that way, but putting yourself out there and spreading the word about your work can be extremely rewarding. Self-promotion is often thought of as a dirty term and something that a lot of writers shy away from. However,…

With Issue 8 fresh off the press, we are excited to be publishing the winners of our visual prompt competition, run in partnership with Bloomsbury and Writers & Artists. Maggie Chiang, illustrator and past-contributor of Firewords, created a wonderful visual which we asked people to base a short story on. The response and results were…