Empowering Individuality

Articles to inspire yourself-expression.

The genre of science fiction is used to satirically reflect modern-day society. The most skilled authors do this while crafting fantastical stories, set in other worlds or future eras, that also stand on their own as readable works of...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people's personal journals to celebrate their imaginations and inspire others. This month we're taking a look at Alaa Heikal's friendship-inspired journals: This is my very first journal which a really dear friend got...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people's personal journals to celebrate their imagination and inspire others. This month we're taking a look the manga- and tattoo art-influenced sketchbooks of Sabrina: My name is Sabrina and I'm a twenty-year-old media...
Name: Sarah Louise Boulton Age: 31 City/Town: Manchester Country: UK Places Travelled: Andalusia, Paris, Portugal, Rome, Tuscany, Verona, New York, Boston, Mystic, CT and San Francisco Places Lived: London and Liverpool Music: I’m a Soul baby Important People: My family and close friends Occupation: Half Marketing Manager,...
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt -Sylvia Plath That may be all well and good for Sylvia Plath to say, but what about the rest of us who aren't yet enshrined in literary lore? How can the aspiring writers among...
Last week on Writing Wednesday we spoke about the importance of getting physical when battling writer's block. It's not just physical fitness, however, that is important in boosting your brain power. Keeping your mind active and pushing your thoughts...
On a recent Writing Wednesday, in an effort to provide hope to all those writers struggling to be published, we highlighted four of the harshest rejection letters some extremely successful authors have received. But what if you can't even...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people's personal journals to celebrate their imagination and inspire others. Send us an email if you have a project that you would like to be featured. This month we get an insider's...
Today marks the 144th anniversary of the American Philological Association. Founded by "professors, friends and patrons of linguistic science," the APA is dedicated to the study of ancient languages, literature and civilisations. In honour of such a noble endeavour,...
National Novel Writing Month kicks off November 1st with its annual challenge: Write a 50,000 word novel before December arrives. What began in 1999 with a small group of 21 writers in the San Francisco Bay area is now...