Lifestyle Literacy

What are the Trends of Online Fiction?

Web novels, an evolving form of online literature, have gained immense popularity in recent years. In this digital age, where reading habits are transitioning from physical books to digital platforms, understanding the extent of web novel readership becomes crucial. This article explores the trends of webnovels from their users and platforms. The Rise of Web […]

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Lifestyle Literacy

Getting to Grips with the Literary form of Novella

The literary form of the novella lies somewhere between a short story and a novel. The group Writers of America defines a novella’s word count as lying somewhere between 17,500 and 40,000 words, but there is no official definition regarding this. The actual translation of ‘novella’ derives from the Italian word meaning ‘new’ while ‘novel’ […]

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Literacy

Thomas Gray on his latest novel “Badgers in a Time of Corona”

We caught up with Thomas Gray. At the age of 12 he has already published his first book during lockdown. “I’ve always been into wildlife and nature, but the real catalyst for change was when I moved to the countryside, and saw its wide range of opportunities”. The Great Lockdown of 2020 was a fantastic […]

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Lifestyle

Navigating Reading whilst managing the day-to-day life of Education

Reading is a past time adored by many, but it can be a difficult hobby to navigate because of its inaccessibility, expense and time rich needs. If I’m being honest I didn’t really enjoy reading until I was freed from the shackles of education. I despise the over analytical culture (some) tutors foster in their […]

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Featured Lifestyle

Your Guide to Writing Dialogue

Dialogue is a conversational exchange between two or more people as depicted in a work of fiction. Writing dialogue in literature will almost always form an important part of a text, story, or novel. As a narrative device, it is often associated with the Socratic dialogue which was developed by Plato in Greece at the […]

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Lifestyle

10TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR FOR THE WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS

The WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS, created by the producers of the musical WICKED in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the celebratory 10 th anniversary year of “the prestigious awards” (The Times). Full details can be found at www.WickedYoungWriterAwards.com. The 2020 Awards mark the 10 […]

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Lifestyle

Do You Have to Read to Write Well?

I feel two things when I finish a good book – awe and jealousy. There’s the first thought, ‘Wow! I love this,’ followed by, ‘Wow! Someone actually wrote this.’ Jealousy isn’t great, but if it’s mingled with wonderment and respect, it spurs on my momentum to not only create, but surround myself by people who […]

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