Writing Magazine

BEASTLY WRITING

We all have our favourite animals as well as animals that scare us or that we just don’t like. But what can the animal kingdom tell us about our own writing?

The animal kingdom holds much inspiration and can help us improve our writing if we tap into it. It’s time for your writing group to think like an animal. Are any of your members going at their writing 19 to the dozen, like rabbits – noses constantly twitching for ideas?

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