Dr Rachel Knightley
@drrachelknightley.bsky.social
Author, Speaker, Writing and Confidence Coach | Founder: The Writers’ Gym membership and podcast |drrachelknightley.substack.com
Thank you @nawewriters.bsky.social headlined by @naomialderman.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at this year’s conference, Inspiring Writing.
Write, Speak, Connect celebrated how freedom, permission & creativity start with our work with ourselves, and support every other writer we work with.
Write, Speak, Connect celebrated how freedom, permission & creativity start with our work with ourselves, and support every other writer we work with.
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Thank you @nawewriters.bsky.social headlined by @naomialderman.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at this year’s conference, Inspiring Writing.
Write, Speak, Connect celebrated how freedom, permission & creativity start with our work with ourselves, and support every other writer we work with.
Write, Speak, Connect celebrated how freedom, permission & creativity start with our work with ourselves, and support every other writer we work with.
Symbols are SO personal, whether we’re discovering characters in the world or in our heads.
I’ll never forget the LOOK I got when I tried explaining to the wrong person the skull on my scarf was a positive symbol for me.
But it is. We’re here now.
I’ll never forget the LOOK I got when I tried explaining to the wrong person the skull on my scarf was a positive symbol for me.
But it is. We’re here now.
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Symbols are SO personal, whether we’re discovering characters in the world or in our heads.
I’ll never forget the LOOK I got when I tried explaining to the wrong person the skull on my scarf was a positive symbol for me.
But it is. We’re here now.
I’ll never forget the LOOK I got when I tried explaining to the wrong person the skull on my scarf was a positive symbol for me.
But it is. We’re here now.
Not a truly indicative picture of my tube-strike journey — but ALMOST made it worth it.
September 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not a truly indicative picture of my tube-strike journey — but ALMOST made it worth it.
18 October: we write. 19 October: we edit. 20 October: world-exclusive anthology published, all for Macmillan Cancer Support.
@sarahbrooks.bsky.social @rhi.bsky.social @rozkaveney.bsky.social @katharineorton.bsky.social
@sarahbrooks.bsky.social @rhi.bsky.social @rozkaveney.bsky.social @katharineorton.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
18 October: we write. 19 October: we edit. 20 October: world-exclusive anthology published, all for Macmillan Cancer Support.
@sarahbrooks.bsky.social @rhi.bsky.social @rozkaveney.bsky.social @katharineorton.bsky.social
@sarahbrooks.bsky.social @rhi.bsky.social @rozkaveney.bsky.social @katharineorton.bsky.social
We have a beautiful title from @rhi.bsky.social this year and, as ever, 48 hours from creation to publication all for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Grab your world-exclusive anthology by 18 October at justgiving.com/page/somewhere-thats-green
Grab your world-exclusive anthology by 18 October at justgiving.com/page/somewhere-thats-green
September 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We have a beautiful title from @rhi.bsky.social this year and, as ever, 48 hours from creation to publication all for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Grab your world-exclusive anthology by 18 October at justgiving.com/page/somewhere-thats-green
Grab your world-exclusive anthology by 18 October at justgiving.com/page/somewhere-thats-green
Wise and generous creative insights from multiple-BAFTA-winning screenwriter, director and producer @danberlinka.bsky.social, joining me on The Writers’ Gym today.
Follow or download wherever you get your podcasts.
Follow or download wherever you get your podcasts.
August 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Wise and generous creative insights from multiple-BAFTA-winning screenwriter, director and producer @danberlinka.bsky.social, joining me on The Writers’ Gym today.
Follow or download wherever you get your podcasts.
Follow or download wherever you get your podcasts.
Getting to know yourself as a writer — and becoming the writer that helps other writers along the way.
Find Priya Sharma talking to me about writing, life, and finding what works for us on The Writers’ Gym this week, wherever you get your podcasts.
Find Priya Sharma talking to me about writing, life, and finding what works for us on The Writers’ Gym this week, wherever you get your podcasts.
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Getting to know yourself as a writer — and becoming the writer that helps other writers along the way.
Find Priya Sharma talking to me about writing, life, and finding what works for us on The Writers’ Gym this week, wherever you get your podcasts.
Find Priya Sharma talking to me about writing, life, and finding what works for us on The Writers’ Gym this week, wherever you get your podcasts.
And my vote for ‘Most Ironic Book to Stand Your York Ghost Merchants Boo On’ goes to…
August 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
And my vote for ‘Most Ironic Book to Stand Your York Ghost Merchants Boo On’ goes to…
Activist, critic, poet, fantasy writer @rozkaveney.bsky.social on the rewards and perils of research, deadlines, confidence, creativity — and of discovering how well we really know the characters around us on or off the page.
Join The Writers’ Gym wherever you get your podcasts.
Join The Writers’ Gym wherever you get your podcasts.
August 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Activist, critic, poet, fantasy writer @rozkaveney.bsky.social on the rewards and perils of research, deadlines, confidence, creativity — and of discovering how well we really know the characters around us on or off the page.
Join The Writers’ Gym wherever you get your podcasts.
Join The Writers’ Gym wherever you get your podcasts.
One of the most important things about The Writers' Gym is showing success isn’t about not having the doubts or the struggles: that they’re part of what makes the wins so meaningful.
Thank you @sarahbrooks.bsky.social for sharing such encouraging examples of making our writing lives our own.
Thank you @sarahbrooks.bsky.social for sharing such encouraging examples of making our writing lives our own.
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One of the most important things about The Writers' Gym is showing success isn’t about not having the doubts or the struggles: that they’re part of what makes the wins so meaningful.
Thank you @sarahbrooks.bsky.social for sharing such encouraging examples of making our writing lives our own.
Thank you @sarahbrooks.bsky.social for sharing such encouraging examples of making our writing lives our own.
For every nose I ever see turn up at what (they think) writing coaching is, I also get to read the real experiences — what it really changes, on the page and in the world.
Thank you, Dr Kim Fleet, for sharing what these seven months have already created. This is why I do what I do.
Thank you, Dr Kim Fleet, for sharing what these seven months have already created. This is why I do what I do.
July 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
For every nose I ever see turn up at what (they think) writing coaching is, I also get to read the real experiences — what it really changes, on the page and in the world.
Thank you, Dr Kim Fleet, for sharing what these seven months have already created. This is why I do what I do.
Thank you, Dr Kim Fleet, for sharing what these seven months have already created. This is why I do what I do.
Thank you Philip Palmer for a brilliant interview with The Writers' Gym: it’s such a pleasure sharing your love of writing and of supporting writers.
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July 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thank you Philip Palmer for a brilliant interview with The Writers' Gym: it’s such a pleasure sharing your love of writing and of supporting writers.
open.spotify.com/episode/1znH...
open.spotify.com/episode/1znH...
The ‘what if’ that inspired thriller and Disney+ Series Playdate by Alex Dahl.
Alex’s full interview with the Writers’ Gym podcast is waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts.
Alex’s full interview with the Writers’ Gym podcast is waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The ‘what if’ that inspired thriller and Disney+ Series Playdate by Alex Dahl.
Alex’s full interview with the Writers’ Gym podcast is waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts.
Alex’s full interview with the Writers’ Gym podcast is waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts.
Here is a text message I got yesterday in The Writers' Gym Voxer, word for word.
Writing coaching doesn’t tell anyone how to write.
It frees them to enjoy being who they are and what that means they want to create.
On the page and in the world.
Writing coaching doesn’t tell anyone how to write.
It frees them to enjoy being who they are and what that means they want to create.
On the page and in the world.
July 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here is a text message I got yesterday in The Writers' Gym Voxer, word for word.
Writing coaching doesn’t tell anyone how to write.
It frees them to enjoy being who they are and what that means they want to create.
On the page and in the world.
Writing coaching doesn’t tell anyone how to write.
It frees them to enjoy being who they are and what that means they want to create.
On the page and in the world.
Award-winning author, journalist, kidnap survivor and ovarian cancer wrangler Jennifer Steil joins the Writers’ Gym Podcast today. Writing for emotional health, creating our own realities on the page and in the most dangerous circumstances of our lives: find us on Apple, Spotify and everywhere else.
July 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Award-winning author, journalist, kidnap survivor and ovarian cancer wrangler Jennifer Steil joins the Writers’ Gym Podcast today. Writing for emotional health, creating our own realities on the page and in the most dangerous circumstances of our lives: find us on Apple, Spotify and everywhere else.
A genuine delight to bring Creative Confidence to @olympicstudios #barnes today. The books, businesses and new eras our club members are planning are a privilege to clarify and see them create. Wishing a happy beginning to everyone and can’t wait to see where we go from here ❤️
July 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A genuine delight to bring Creative Confidence to @olympicstudios #barnes today. The books, businesses and new eras our club members are planning are a privilege to clarify and see them create. Wishing a happy beginning to everyone and can’t wait to see where we go from here ❤️
‘After’ and ‘Before’ shots of a truly lovely first workshop. What receptive, thoughtful writers (familiar and new faces alike) and, of course, a fabulous venue. Thank you, Olympic Studios #Barnes
June 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
‘After’ and ‘Before’ shots of a truly lovely first workshop. What receptive, thoughtful writers (familiar and new faces alike) and, of course, a fabulous venue. Thank you, Olympic Studios #Barnes
My least ‘mid-word’ photo of Magnus’s interview with the brilliant @manuscriptgal.bsky.social at @srfantasyclub.bsky.social last night. Great to hear from Cari Thomas too and discover @allgoodbookshop.co.uk‘s books, notebooks and even honey!
June 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My least ‘mid-word’ photo of Magnus’s interview with the brilliant @manuscriptgal.bsky.social at @srfantasyclub.bsky.social last night. Great to hear from Cari Thomas too and discover @allgoodbookshop.co.uk‘s books, notebooks and even honey!
So very proud of Writers’ Gym member Stacey Warner!
Not just for the result but for everything that’s gone into showing up for yourself as a writer this year.
Not just for the result but for everything that’s gone into showing up for yourself as a writer this year.
May 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So very proud of Writers’ Gym member Stacey Warner!
Not just for the result but for everything that’s gone into showing up for yourself as a writer this year.
Not just for the result but for everything that’s gone into showing up for yourself as a writer this year.
We have our first donation! Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 has my favourite titles yet. Thank you @rhi.bsky.social for naming it and Elspeth Hannen for a beautiful cover.
LITERALLY any donation gets you a world-exclusive anthology 48 hours after writing ends:
www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...
LITERALLY any donation gets you a world-exclusive anthology 48 hours after writing ends:
www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...
May 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We have our first donation! Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 has my favourite titles yet. Thank you @rhi.bsky.social for naming it and Elspeth Hannen for a beautiful cover.
LITERALLY any donation gets you a world-exclusive anthology 48 hours after writing ends:
www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...
LITERALLY any donation gets you a world-exclusive anthology 48 hours after writing ends:
www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...
Really loved recording my first interviews for the new series of The Writers' Gym Podcast: books, Disney Plus adaptations, drama, poetry, memoir, and how each writer finds their own voice through their own curiosity.
Mini-episodes each Monday on all platforms, until release day.
Mini-episodes each Monday on all platforms, until release day.
May 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Really loved recording my first interviews for the new series of The Writers' Gym Podcast: books, Disney Plus adaptations, drama, poetry, memoir, and how each writer finds their own voice through their own curiosity.
Mini-episodes each Monday on all platforms, until release day.
Mini-episodes each Monday on all platforms, until release day.
Bagpuss’s home, the Smallfilms gallery of The Beaney. Like its subject, the gallery is a huge, beautiful world achieved in a small space. Reminder to us all it’s not about big budgets or infinite resources, it’s listening to your own curiosity, finding how to tell your story as only you can.
May 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Bagpuss’s home, the Smallfilms gallery of The Beaney. Like its subject, the gallery is a huge, beautiful world achieved in a small space. Reminder to us all it’s not about big budgets or infinite resources, it’s listening to your own curiosity, finding how to tell your story as only you can.
Excuses Bingo! The workout I shared with the magnificent @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social on the Writers’ Gym podcast is in Writing Magazine @writersonline.bsky.social
So happy it made the cover as it’s a crucial message: only you can do this, not through holding back but through curiosity.
So happy it made the cover as it’s a crucial message: only you can do this, not through holding back but through curiosity.
April 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Excuses Bingo! The workout I shared with the magnificent @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social on the Writers’ Gym podcast is in Writing Magazine @writersonline.bsky.social
So happy it made the cover as it’s a crucial message: only you can do this, not through holding back but through curiosity.
So happy it made the cover as it’s a crucial message: only you can do this, not through holding back but through curiosity.
Writing exercises for everybody who loves writing — or wants to! Build creative confidence and the curiosity that brings you to it.
April 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Writing exercises for everybody who loves writing — or wants to! Build creative confidence and the curiosity that brings you to it.
Biology may get in first, but identity is bigger. Who we are is through becoming, discovering, living. Trans rights are human rights.
April 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Biology may get in first, but identity is bigger. Who we are is through becoming, discovering, living. Trans rights are human rights.