Writing Magazine

Play with playtime

The first Wednesday in August is National Playday, a day for celebrating and recognising the importance of play in children’s lives. But it isn’t only children who need, learn and benefit from playing – all creative work begins with play.

Brenda Ueland, in , her book on being a writer, says she soon learnt the best way to approach writing was ‘like a child in kindergarten, happily stringing beads’. In this month’s free-range writing, see if you

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