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Writing tips: The daily routineJupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on making writing part of your daily routine, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: The daily routine

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Writing tips: Rhyme for a reasonJupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on using rhyme in poetry, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: Rhyme for a reason

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Writing tips: UnwritingJupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on writing and 'unwriting', part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: Unwriting

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Writing tips: Write about what you knowJupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on becoming a writer: write about what you know, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: Write about what you know

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Writing tips: Getting published for the first timeJupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on getting your work published for the first time, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: Getting published for the first time

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Writing tips: Introducing your charactersJupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

A writing exercise to help bring life to your characters, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: Introducing your characters

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Writing tips: RIO (Research, Imagination, Observation)Jupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on writing about scenarios outside your own experience, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: RIO (Research, Imagination, Observation)

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Writing tips: RewritingJupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on writing and rewriting, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: Rewriting

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Writing tips: The inspiration file Jupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on finding sources of inspiration for writing, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: The inspiration file

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Writing tips: Getting publishedJupiter Images

By David Stephenson (The Open University)

21 December 2006

Advice on getting your work published, part of the BBC/OU's Writing Lab  Read more : Writing tips: Getting published

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Get writing: Tips and advice

Comment posted by zz707251

07 Feb 2011

I'm just getting started on the OU website and I absolutely enjoyed the material you developed. I enjoy writing and I sincerely hope I can really raise the bar of my writing standard. It will be... Read more : Get writing: Tips and advice

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David Stephenson is a member of the Widening Participation Team of The Open University in the North, and is running a number of taster sessions promoting the Start Writing... courses in that region. A published writer of short stories and poems, he was Assistant Editor of IRON Magazine before joining the OU, and founded The Bay Press to promote the work of North East writers.

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