Matt Kendrick
@mattkendrick.bsky.social
Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill
Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/
Craft newsletter: https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/
Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/
Craft newsletter: https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/
I did. Never quite know what I’m doing but I dabble. Started a new piece this morning:
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I did. Never quite know what I’m doing but I dabble. Started a new piece this morning:
I made some artwork to go with my story. This was a lot of fun to envisage. Hope it connects with the writing in interesting ways.
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I made some artwork to go with my story. This was a lot of fun to envisage. Hope it connects with the writing in interesting ways.
Spending a bit more time writing my epic editing course this morning. I've reached the final "proper" topic 🥳. So looking forward to when this is done - a lot of blood, sweat, love and brain-poking is going into this thing. Really hope it's worth it!
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Spending a bit more time writing my epic editing course this morning. I've reached the final "proper" topic 🥳. So looking forward to when this is done - a lot of blood, sweat, love and brain-poking is going into this thing. Really hope it's worth it!
My last workshop of the year is a silly safari through humorous techniques. Feels like we all need a bit of levity after the year we've had. We'll look at daffynitions, spoonerisms, comic triples and much more.
Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT
OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT
OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My last workshop of the year is a silly safari through humorous techniques. Feels like we all need a bit of levity after the year we've had. We'll look at daffynitions, spoonerisms, comic triples and much more.
Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT
OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT
OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Really looking forward to hosting this panel discussion on "Emotional Depths" with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social. Should be such a great event. It's a week on Monday at 7pm GMT for anyone who'd like to sign up:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
October 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Really looking forward to hosting this panel discussion on "Emotional Depths" with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social. Should be such a great event. It's a week on Monday at 7pm GMT for anyone who'd like to sign up:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
What are these 'good days' you talk about? 🧐 On the plus side, I'm having to distract myself with lots of 'pseudo-work' so my new editing course is going to have all the bells and whistles, so there's always a silver lining 😂 There's even a train that moves along a track (very proud of this 🙃)
October 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What are these 'good days' you talk about? 🧐 On the plus side, I'm having to distract myself with lots of 'pseudo-work' so my new editing course is going to have all the bells and whistles, so there's always a silver lining 😂 There's even a train that moves along a track (very proud of this 🙃)
I keep seeing this meme (is that the right word?) everywhere, so I made one for my workshop on story shapes which is coming up tomorrow or Saturday - a couple of spots left in both sessions: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
![If you can't see the number, you need to: [the number 7 in a blue circle] go for a swim, [the number 2 in a green circle], hug a tree, [the number 4 in a red circle], go to sleep, [the number 8 in an orange circle], drink tea, [a yellow circle with no apparent number] sign up to my Story Shapes workshop, [the number 9 in a purple circle], play Monopoly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ivd5tz3mounggtubakowbx2t/bafkreigtkvciclrhntkvnq3m7abdb2q4wplitb4acwnnlcwr7hw7gnegla@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I keep seeing this meme (is that the right word?) everywhere, so I made one for my workshop on story shapes which is coming up tomorrow or Saturday - a couple of spots left in both sessions: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
This is where my afternoon has descended to. I blame it on
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is where my afternoon has descended to. I blame it on
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...
I feel like you’d like this cookbook (a thing which is useless to me since I can no longer eat sugar/gluten)
September 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I feel like you’d like this cookbook (a thing which is useless to me since I can no longer eat sugar/gluten)
Want a small snippet of some of the content? Here's a slice of a fun animation I made that compares stories to train lines and highlights some of the ingredients we generally need.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
September 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Want a small snippet of some of the content? Here's a slice of a fun animation I made that compares stories to train lines and highlights some of the ingredients we generally need.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
We're going to look at story structure using different shapes like maps, fishes, circles, pyramids, waves, spirals, vases, kites, pillars, graphs and trees
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September 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We're going to look at story structure using different shapes like maps, fishes, circles, pyramids, waves, spirals, vases, kites, pillars, graphs and trees
🗺️🐟🔴🏔️🌊🌀🏺🪁🏛️📉🌳
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Really looking forward to my "Story Shapes" workshop in October where I'm going to get writers writing Cinderella narratives against the clock and crafting stories across different sized bits of paper.
7th Oct 7pm BST or 11th Oct 9am BST.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
7th Oct 7pm BST or 11th Oct 9am BST.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
September 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Really looking forward to my "Story Shapes" workshop in October where I'm going to get writers writing Cinderella narratives against the clock and crafting stories across different sized bits of paper.
7th Oct 7pm BST or 11th Oct 9am BST.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
7th Oct 7pm BST or 11th Oct 9am BST.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Wonderful to teach my "I Hear Voices" workshop both this morning and on Tuesday evening. Very grateful to have such stellar groups of writers taking part in both sessions. For anyone who missed it, the recorded version is now available here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...
September 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Wonderful to teach my "I Hear Voices" workshop both this morning and on Tuesday evening. Very grateful to have such stellar groups of writers taking part in both sessions. For anyone who missed it, the recorded version is now available here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...
I somehow managed to get rid of the "Discover" feed (not quite sure how?) and also have a really specific one for my course alumni (which I vaguely remember setting up):
September 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I somehow managed to get rid of the "Discover" feed (not quite sure how?) and also have a really specific one for my course alumni (which I vaguely remember setting up):
Been doing some writing this evening, and oh my goodness the word count of my novel is getting BIG. How am I not at the end already??? 😮😭🤪🫠
September 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Been doing some writing this evening, and oh my goodness the word count of my novel is getting BIG. How am I not at the end already??? 😮😭🤪🫠
Urgh - this happened to me as well. One of my earlier piano teachers is in prison, although unlike you, I was always unsettled by him at the time. Luckily the prinicipal teacher I had at Trinity was lovely. The art - yes I dabble, but very self-taught. Here is one of my latest things.
August 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Urgh - this happened to me as well. One of my earlier piano teachers is in prison, although unlike you, I was always unsettled by him at the time. Luckily the prinicipal teacher I had at Trinity was lovely. The art - yes I dabble, but very self-taught. Here is one of my latest things.
To get your name in the hat, you need to QUOTE POST the first post in this thread (i.e. don't just REPLY!) You also need to tag a friend and say something nice about them ("they just had this amazing story published" / "they helped me with X" / "they're always cheerleading other writers"...)
August 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
To get your name in the hat, you need to QUOTE POST the first post in this thread (i.e. don't just REPLY!) You also need to tag a friend and say something nice about them ("they just had this amazing story published" / "they helped me with X" / "they're always cheerleading other writers"...)
Course choices:
Go With the Flow (Oct): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-go-with...
Lyrical Writing (Nov): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-lyrical...
Colourful Characters (Jan): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Micro edit:
Flash fiction up to 500 words
Go With the Flow (Oct): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-go-with...
Lyrical Writing (Nov): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-lyrical...
Colourful Characters (Jan): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Micro edit:
Flash fiction up to 500 words
August 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Course choices:
Go With the Flow (Oct): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-go-with...
Lyrical Writing (Nov): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-lyrical...
Colourful Characters (Jan): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Micro edit:
Flash fiction up to 500 words
Go With the Flow (Oct): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-go-with...
Lyrical Writing (Nov): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-lyrical...
Colourful Characters (Jan): www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Micro edit:
Flash fiction up to 500 words
**WIN** a free spot on 1 of my courses
To win, quote this post + tag a friend + say why they're fab
Post for a new friend every day + get your name in the hat multiple times
Friend wins a micro edit, you win a course place or vice-versa, you decide
Names drawn next Monday
DETAILS IN THREAD:
To win, quote this post + tag a friend + say why they're fab
Post for a new friend every day + get your name in the hat multiple times
Friend wins a micro edit, you win a course place or vice-versa, you decide
Names drawn next Monday
DETAILS IN THREAD:
August 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
**WIN** a free spot on 1 of my courses
To win, quote this post + tag a friend + say why they're fab
Post for a new friend every day + get your name in the hat multiple times
Friend wins a micro edit, you win a course place or vice-versa, you decide
Names drawn next Monday
DETAILS IN THREAD:
To win, quote this post + tag a friend + say why they're fab
Post for a new friend every day + get your name in the hat multiple times
Friend wins a micro edit, you win a course place or vice-versa, you decide
Names drawn next Monday
DETAILS IN THREAD:
Aussie / Asia-Pac / early morning UK people, come write with me on the 6th September (9-10:30 BST)
In "I Hear Voices" we're going to delve into the levels of voice, what defines it, the elements at play, authenticity, appropriationm, consistency etc.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
In "I Hear Voices" we're going to delve into the levels of voice, what defines it, the elements at play, authenticity, appropriationm, consistency etc.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Aussie / Asia-Pac / early morning UK people, come write with me on the 6th September (9-10:30 BST)
In "I Hear Voices" we're going to delve into the levels of voice, what defines it, the elements at play, authenticity, appropriationm, consistency etc.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
In "I Hear Voices" we're going to delve into the levels of voice, what defines it, the elements at play, authenticity, appropriationm, consistency etc.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
FUNNY BONES (90 minute workshop)
2nd Dec 7pm GMT OR 6th Dec 9am GMT
What we'll cover: the lyrical / humour overlap, the universe of tone, daffynitions, comic triples, word play, spoonerisms, adnominatio and more
Pay-what-you-can-pricing (£12-£20)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
2nd Dec 7pm GMT OR 6th Dec 9am GMT
What we'll cover: the lyrical / humour overlap, the universe of tone, daffynitions, comic triples, word play, spoonerisms, adnominatio and more
Pay-what-you-can-pricing (£12-£20)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
August 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
FUNNY BONES (90 minute workshop)
2nd Dec 7pm GMT OR 6th Dec 9am GMT
What we'll cover: the lyrical / humour overlap, the universe of tone, daffynitions, comic triples, word play, spoonerisms, adnominatio and more
Pay-what-you-can-pricing (£12-£20)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
2nd Dec 7pm GMT OR 6th Dec 9am GMT
What we'll cover: the lyrical / humour overlap, the universe of tone, daffynitions, comic triples, word play, spoonerisms, adnominatio and more
Pay-what-you-can-pricing (£12-£20)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
EMOTIONAL DEPTHS (Panel discussion with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social )
3rd Nov 7pm GMT
What we'll cover: character complexity (needs, wants, burdens), types of tension, creating resonance, interiority, nuance & implication
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
3rd Nov 7pm GMT
What we'll cover: character complexity (needs, wants, burdens), types of tension, creating resonance, interiority, nuance & implication
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
August 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
EMOTIONAL DEPTHS (Panel discussion with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social )
3rd Nov 7pm GMT
What we'll cover: character complexity (needs, wants, burdens), types of tension, creating resonance, interiority, nuance & implication
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
3rd Nov 7pm GMT
What we'll cover: character complexity (needs, wants, burdens), types of tension, creating resonance, interiority, nuance & implication
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
STORY SHAPES (90 minute workshop)
7th Oct 7pm BST OR 11th Oct 9am BST
What we'll cover: story vs plot, Freytag's pyramid, Vonnegut story graphs, tension and pacing, narrative time, the golden ratio
Pay-what-you-can-pricing (£12-£20)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
7th Oct 7pm BST OR 11th Oct 9am BST
What we'll cover: story vs plot, Freytag's pyramid, Vonnegut story graphs, tension and pacing, narrative time, the golden ratio
Pay-what-you-can-pricing (£12-£20)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
August 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
STORY SHAPES (90 minute workshop)
7th Oct 7pm BST OR 11th Oct 9am BST
What we'll cover: story vs plot, Freytag's pyramid, Vonnegut story graphs, tension and pacing, narrative time, the golden ratio
Pay-what-you-can-pricing (£12-£20)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
7th Oct 7pm BST OR 11th Oct 9am BST
What we'll cover: story vs plot, Freytag's pyramid, Vonnegut story graphs, tension and pacing, narrative time, the golden ratio
Pay-what-you-can-pricing (£12-£20)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Multicoloured carrot sticks, though… and maybe some purple cauliflower 😄
July 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Multicoloured carrot sticks, though… and maybe some purple cauliflower 😄
Just a couple of weeks until I'll be chatting with @mynachang.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social all about historical & speculative fiction. We'll be discussing stuff like world-building, genre fusion, possibilities, pitfalls & voice.
5th Aug at 7pm BST.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
5th Aug at 7pm BST.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Just a couple of weeks until I'll be chatting with @mynachang.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social all about historical & speculative fiction. We'll be discussing stuff like world-building, genre fusion, possibilities, pitfalls & voice.
5th Aug at 7pm BST.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
5th Aug at 7pm BST.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...