From Our Students

Joanna Miller: 'Never let research and historical accuracy get in the way of telling a good story'

Joanna Miller was a student on our Writing Historical Fiction and Write to the End of Your Novel courses in 2021, and The Rewrite Doctor course in 2022. We caught up to discuss the release of her debut novel, The Eights – out now from Fig Tree.

Joanna Miller: 'Never let research and historical accuracy get in the way of telling a good story'

1st Apr 2025

Sophie Gillies: 'I enjoy teaching kids about the world and about language'

27th Mar 2025

Gabrielle Griffiths: 'I love testing a reader’s sympathies towards a character'

25th Mar 2025

5 tips on writing a series

20th Mar 2025

Anthony Shapland: 'If you’re writing short fiction, every word should be doing something'

18th Mar 2025

My Path to Publication

13th Mar 2025

Kate Kemp: 'Believe you have something to say'

11th Mar 2025

Camille Booker: 'It’s easy to get caught up in research when writing historical fiction'

4th Mar 2025

Claire Hatcher-Smith: 'I love language and figuring out what makes people tick'

27th Feb 2025

Selali Fiamanya: 'I’m interested in miscommunication, particularly in love'

23rd Feb 2025

Nussaibah Younis: 'There is no contradiction between writing a work of literature and writing a page turner'