One of the tenets of reflective writing, the sort of writing we do in Wordspill, is that you can't write it wrong. It's a simple phrase to remember, and one I repeat often when facilitating groups. But what does it really mean? In this blog we'll break it down.  ...

I work with values-driven businesses. People who do what they do because they want to help others. Because they want to make people's lives better. So, of course, they need to ensure their words make an impact. They need to write helpful content. And it needs to...

My writing life features both copywriting and reflective writing. I've broken the marketing rules and failed to 'niche' - silly me. But. apart from simply wanting to earn my crust doing a variety of things I enjoy, whatever the rules say, there's a good reason for...

Wordspill Writers is nearly here - a private reflective writing community so we can write together all year round. It marks a year since Wordspill first started to take shape. A year since I first thought "What if...". A year that's seen over 100 people spill their...

The first Writing Retreat at Home allows us to break and gather. Here’s how.

At about 3pm today I realised it was my half birthday. As in, six months since my last birthday. I'd been yearning to be outside all day, so took myself off in celebration to walk by the river. And then to a cafe to eat cake. It got me thinking - birthdays and...

There are SO many tips, tricks and formulas to writing copy. It's exhausting. And I'm just not into it. I'm not out to trick people, or to learn ways to get them to buy from me through some secret cleverness. I'm not saying doing what works isn't important. I'm saying...

I find it funny how the word 'shameless' either conjures images of that Channel 4 series, or someone who's shockingly brazen. As in "Did you see her shameless plug for her business at the event yesterday?". Yet shame is one of our most crippling conditions. Feeling...