Kate Silverton “Your instinct and not your fears should be your guide – it’s too easy in a world that constantly feeds into our insecurities to be led by what we think we ought to do – rather than be true to what we really are.”
[Kate Silverton, quote from ‘Grazia’ magazine January 18, 2010]

So write what you want to write, the way you want to write it. Don’t be afraid to try something new: new genre, new point of view, new voice. Write poetry or a short story. Do you enjoy writing dialogue, why not attempt a play?

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For BBC journalist Kate Silverton’s website, click here.

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