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A Different Story: How Six Authors became Better Writers
By JB Hollows, Maria Iliffe-Wood and Jules Swales
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What happens when you combine six students and one teacher with the Jack Grapes Method Writing (JGMW) programme? Magic! Jules Swales ran a summer refresher class, for the students who'd been studying JGMW with her for a couple of years. The students attended with the only intention of being better writers. The short stories in this book are
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JB Hollows MSc FRSA is an eclectic writer of creative nonfiction, short stories and academic research. Jacqueline plays with words and content creation to tell stories that inspire, motivate and make people think about the world in a different way. Works to date include: co-author of the first book in this series: A Different Story; co-author of several academic research papers; and a monthly column for a prison newspaper (the Insidetimes). JB is publishing her memoir in 2022, of her time as founder for a social enterprise working with prison inmates. JB is passionate about giving a voice to the voiceless and ending stigma.
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