Fi Phillips

There's plenty of choice creative advice out there at the moment in the enthusiastic light of the new year. I recently came across a wonderful article by brainpickings,  Margaret Atwood's 10 Rules of Writing . It's not new but it's well worth a read. Have a look. In My Personal Zero Moment: How I became a writer  I mentioned that I'd signed up for Gabriela Pereira's diy MFA book club. Well, now I have a wonderful TED talk from Gabriela for you too. 'Creativity is a craft and it belongs to everyone' Gabriela Pereira of diy MFA

Today, I joined the diy MFA Book Club. Run by writer Gabriela Pereira, the Book Club is a way to improve your writing through regular prompts, work as part of a community of writers, and grow your audience. The first prompt arrived a short while after I joined and starts like this, How did you become a writer, word nerd? Gabriela explains her own 'zero moment' when she first started writing at school after her teacher became aware of her love of books. " I fell in love with writing because I loved reading. It was my love of literature, of getting lost in a story, that pushed me to put pen to page in the first place. I suppose that's why they say all writers must be readers first. I know it was this way with me." Now it's my turn to share. Here goes. How I became a writer To understand how I became a writer, you first have to understand the home I grew up in.  An only child, born to parents who were the age of most of my friends...