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The Brave Writer

Why You Should Write About Topics You Don’t Care About

Be a better writer by foregoing the passion.

4 min readFeb 14, 2021

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Why You Should Write About Topics You Don’t Care About

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The Brave Writer

What a Creative Writing Masters Degree Taught Me

And it wasn’t how to write

4 min readJul 27, 2020

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What a Creative Writing Masters Degree Taught Me

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The One Thought

The One Where I Saw My Friends Again After 4 Months

Meeting up with friends amongst the “New Normal”, but this is far from over.

4 min readJul 23, 2020

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The One Where I Saw My Friends Again After 4 Months

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Books Are Our Superpower

10 Fiction Books by Black Authors You Haven’t Seen on Other Reading Lists

Fiction by Black writers is just as important as educational, non-fiction texts.

5 min readJul 22, 2020

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10 Fiction Books by Black Authors You Haven’t Seen on Other Reading Lists

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The Brave Writer

The Foolproof Fiction Prompt That Produces a New Character Every Time

It starts with a full-length mirror.

5 min readJul 16, 2020

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The Foolproof Fiction Prompt That Produces a New Character Every Time

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Books Are Our Superpower

Five Classic Books I Actually Really Enjoyed

Gasp An English Lit student that rarely reads classic literature?

5 min readJul 8, 2020

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Five Classic Books I Actually Really Enjoyed

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Holly McKie

Graduating in the Coronavirus Era

This isn’t what we signed up for.

2 min readJul 6, 2020

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Graduating in the Coronavirus Era

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Holly McKie

Five Romantic Fiction Books to Lift Your Spirits During a Lonely Lockdown

A selection of romantic reads that will fill your boots and warm your heart

4 min readJun 27, 2020

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Five Romantic Fiction Books to Lift Your Spirits During a Lonely Lockdown

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Holly McKie

Has lockdown made me forget how to exist in social circles?

It has been 96 days since Scotland and the rest of the UK went into lockdown.

3 min readJun 27, 2020

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Has lockdown made me forget how to exist in social circles?

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Holly McKie

Why I Write

Text messages, emails, comments, tweets, Instagram captions, blog posts, articles, essays, stories, books. Words are everywhere.

2 min readApr 29, 2020

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Why I Write

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Holly McKie

Holly McKie

Writing about writing (and books. lots of books). Creative Writing masters student. Contact: hollymckie@hotmail.co.uk

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