Emily Ronan, Author at Professional Writing Academy

Yoga for strong bones and strong stories

Yoga for Writers student Helen Corlett shares her story of how yoga has helped her combat osteoporosis.

Write Advice: author Julia Crouch explains her drafting process

Julia Crouch explores the importance of perfecting your novel’s setting and how a book’s cover is designed.

Write Advice: author Tim Relf discusses juggling a day job and writing

Tim Relf, who writes fiction as T.R. Richmond, dropped in to answer our Beginners’ Fiction students’ questions.

Write Advice: author Julia Crouch discusses plot

Author and Writing Crime Fiction guest tutor Julia Crouch answers our students’ questions on visual art, plotting and motivation.

Write Advice: poetry therapist Victoria Field discusses the power of writing groups

Running Writing Groups course director takes questions from our students.

Yoga, writing and me

Faber Academy alumna and Yoga for Writers student Lorraine Blencoe tells us how taking up yoga has given her confidence, and helped her cope with MS.

Deana Luchia: my journey as a writer

Deana Luchia describes her journey from hopeful writer to published author.

How to use song lyrics in fiction

Former Faber permissions manager Nicci Cloke explains the legalities of directly quoting in your writing.

Write Advice: script editor Caroline Young discusses multiple plotlines

Caroline Young discusses the importance of ad breaks with our students.

Write Advice: script editor Caroline Young discusses her journey into script editing

Caroline Young chats our to students about how she became a script editor.

How an online writing course helped Keziah Frost write her first book

Faber Academy alumna Keziah Frost explains how the Writing a Novel online course helped her write her first book.

Ten tips for running writing groups

There’s more to think about than exercises when you’re setting up a workshop. Here, Running Writing Workshops tutor Anne Taylor has put together her ten most important pieces of advice for anyone looking to get involved in holding their own workshops.