Our #CBCWinterStory25 writing competition is now open for entries on Instagram! Enter by Mon 15 Dec.

Write a flash fiction story inspired by one of the writing prompts set by our tutors to be in with a chance of winning a course.

Find out how to enter: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/how-to-...

#WriteCBC task from @jessicabull.bsky.social: Write an exchange in which a character says one thing but communicates something else entirely. Allow your narrator to draw their own conclusions as to what is really being said. Extra points if you make it festive!

#WriteCBC task from @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social: Halloween is coming, so let’s introduce a spooky setting! The house lights dim, and the curtain rises on your location: where are we? What small details intrigue us in the opening lines? And why does it make us feel subtly uneasy?

Tanja Goossens from Curtis Brown tells us (@gillianmauthor.bsky.social and @holly.bsky.social) everything we wanted to know about foreign rights! Episode now available wherever you get your podcasts. www.spreaker.com/episode/s8e0...

Not long left to join our Novel-Writing Summer School! ✏️

15 talented writers will be taught by popular tutor and award-winning author Jake Arnott. Plus, you'll practise pitching to Curtis Brown agents Lucy Morris and Jess Molloy!

Apply now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/novel...

#WriteCBC task from @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social: Start with your character opening the door to a stranger. Use specific details to introduce this stranger and to hint at how their relationship might unfold. Do they trust each other? Will they fall in love? Or is disaster in their future?

Thanks @cbcreative.bsky.social and @clotimms.bsky.social (I love your podcast!) for such a fun writing challenge! It was really inspiring to see so much great writing and originality. Great examples of how action drives story. I'm also happy to start connecting with the Bluesky #WritingCommunity 💙

Now having a think for Act II... 💭

Congratulations to @thoughtworms.bsky.social! I'm over the moon to have got a shout out! 🤗
And looking forward to seeing how the story unfolds this week during the @cbcreative.bsky.social #5ActFestiveStory!