Matthew is an active contributor and lead editor for Thanet Creative (a creative charity for writers and poets).
Recent Thanet Creative Posts
- Writer Talk Carnival: Your writing strengths
Our fourth writers’ blog carnival (November 2025) is
- How many words should a novel have?
This post was first published
- Is it Wether or Weather or Whether?
I had a dyslexic moment and could not remember
- Writer Talk Carnival: Writing Tools & Style
Our first writers’ blog carnival is open for
- A conceptual gold star for some amazing people
Yesterday at our writers’ night, a bit of an
- Word gangs, clones, and pacing
Editing. A thing very much unlike writing as much
- Chaotic Creators Magazine’s Writing Competition
Chaotic Creators Magazine is running a writing competition. Entry
- Semicolons
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- Writing Lessons They Wished They’d Known Earlier
What are the writing tips people wished they’d known
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I asked a panel of experts for their most