Whatever you want to write, the blank page can be daunting – take these pictures and write something…  

More ideas for you – whether it’s flash fiction, a short story of the start of a novel, see what inspiration you can find here:

This week we’ve got some more story starter ideas for you – see what you can make of these. If you’d like to share your story, add to the comments and we’ll publish what we can – but if you’d rather keep it to yourself, please do that!          

Stuck for an idea for a new story? Try and see what you make of these – you could write flash fiction, a short story or perhaps they might kick off an idea for a novel. It’s Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival 2nd-4th November this weekend (have you booked your tickets at www.murderone.ie?!), so for Wordspark 3 we’re giving you some images that might inspire something thrilling….      

Applications Deadline: 15th November 2018 Funded by ACNI and in partnership with Irish Rail and Translink, we are excited to announce the return of our mobile all-island residency working with a Roaming Writer-in-Residence (RWIR). Travelling from north to south on our railway lines, the Roaming WIR will listen to voices and conversations of people on the trains, accumulating stories and building a treasure chest of potential workshops or essay ideas. The writer will connect and work...

Fionnuala Kearney’s The Book of Love is getting some rave reviews and I was delighted to come across this online quiz to tie-in with the release of the  book. It’s just a bit of fun but anything that attracts more readers to this outstanding novel is okay in my book – or my Book of Love! Here’s just a selection of quotes recommending The Book of Love: ‘A beautiful, heart wrenching love story’ Sinead Moriarty...

Writing.ie is all about giving you inspiration, guidance on technique and helping you find success, so here is another Wordspark…see what you can make of these….      

It’s that time of year when the kids are back to school and NaNoWriMo is almost here (the National Novel Writing Month event that takes place every November) and we know lots of people are starting new projects, or TRYING to start new projects. Facing the blank page can be the toughest part of writing so after a chat with Vanessa and Adrian, we’ve decided to add some story start ideas to this blog –...

Dublin Chinese New Year Festival (DCNYF) returns in February 2019 to celebrate the Year Of The Pig,  bringing the festival full circle as the Pig is the 12th animal appearing in the Chinese zodiac wheel.  In preparation of the 12th edition, DCNYF seeks applications from organisations and individuals interested in hosting their own event as part of the 2019 Festival’s associated events programme. To be eligible to apply, associated events must celebrate the Chinese New...

Newbridge Community Library was the venue where the winners and runners up in the Michael Mullan Cancer Fund Writing Competitions were announced on Wednesday evening, 3rd October. With Mario Corrigan in charge as MC, things went like clockwork and a very enjoyable evening was had by a very attentive audience. Six entries in each category – poetry, flash fiction and short story and all were invited to read out a short piece from their entries....