Want to write with me in August? My #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb "Colourful Characters" course is open for bookings.
Online. Work-at-your-own-pace. Pay-what-you-can pricing.
Body Language | Senses | Voices | Perspective
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Online. Work-at-your-own-pace. Pay-what-you-can pricing.
Body Language | Senses | Voices | Perspective
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
May 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Want to write with me in August? My #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb "Colourful Characters" course is open for bookings.
Online. Work-at-your-own-pace. Pay-what-you-can pricing.
Body Language | Senses | Voices | Perspective
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Online. Work-at-your-own-pace. Pay-what-you-can pricing.
Body Language | Senses | Voices | Perspective
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Thanks to the generous sponsors for my stair climb challenge, I have free spots for low-income writers on all my upcoming #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses.
Details about the courses: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
Sign up to the "lottery": docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Details about the courses: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
Sign up to the "lottery": docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thanks to the generous sponsors for my stair climb challenge, I have free spots for low-income writers on all my upcoming #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses.
Details about the courses: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
Sign up to the "lottery": docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Details about the courses: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
Sign up to the "lottery": docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
"We are strangers, connected by the peace of this tiny city square, the surprise of the afternoon sun"
A brilliant piece by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social that builds from beginning to end so well.
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world.
A brilliant piece by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social that builds from beginning to end so well.
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world.
Read "The World Goes Round" written by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social and illustrated by Kaylan Stedman Friedman.
"A ball is in his hands, blue as innocence, round as the world."
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"A ball is in his hands, blue as innocence, round as the world."
tinyurl.com/y6x4zdj8
The World Goes Round — Ghost Parachute
We are among the autumn roses. Autumn roses and sycamore trees. We are strangers, connected by the peace of this tiny city square, the surprise of the afternoon sun. On the path to the square, stands ...
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January 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"We are strangers, connected by the peace of this tiny city square, the surprise of the afternoon sun"
A brilliant piece by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social that builds from beginning to end so well.
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world.
A brilliant piece by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social that builds from beginning to end so well.
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world.
"Ye need tae git the pan roastin to scald fish skin, crisp it up"
Wonderful mastery of tone and flow in this richly creative story from @joycebingham.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Wonderful mastery of tone and flow in this richly creative story from @joycebingham.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Thrilled that my story, 'He casts his line' has won second place in the WestWord prize 2025. With special thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social, for his encouragement when I wrote the beginings of this story on one of his wonderful courses. open.substack.com/pub/westword...
He Casts His Line
A Flash Fiction by Joyce Bingham
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July 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"Ye need tae git the pan roastin to scald fish skin, crisp it up"
Wonderful mastery of tone and flow in this richly creative story from @joycebingham.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Wonderful mastery of tone and flow in this richly creative story from @joycebingham.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
In February (5th-18th) I'm teaching "Glorious Words" which is all about learning new techniques to sharpen up your words and sentences, thinking about specificity, imagery, and tone as well as contemplating weasel words and highlight phrases:
#FlashFiction #WritingCraft #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
#FlashFiction #WritingCraft #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
WBTL Glorious Words | MattKendrick.co.uk
How do we choose the right words to sharpen up our prose? This flash fiction course explores language in all its guts and glory, focussing on unique images, concision versus specificity and how to cre...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
October 25, 2023 at 3:05 PM
In February (5th-18th) I'm teaching "Glorious Words" which is all about learning new techniques to sharpen up your words and sentences, thinking about specificity, imagery, and tone as well as contemplating weasel words and highlight phrases:
#FlashFiction #WritingCraft #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
#FlashFiction #WritingCraft #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
"Tattooed forearms flexing, he ploughs through the pebbles and onto the tarmac before anyone can stop him"
A piece full of brilliant details from @yallaalia.bsky.social. Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world!
A piece full of brilliant details from @yallaalia.bsky.social. Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world!
“Tonight is fish and chips on the beach, serenaded by the whizz-bang ka-ching from the amusement arcade.” Read my piece “Feeding Time” in the latest @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social
thewoolfx.com/feeding-time...
thewoolfx.com/feeding-time...
Feeding Time by Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch | The Woolf
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thewoolfx.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Tattooed forearms flexing, he ploughs through the pebbles and onto the tarmac before anyone can stop him"
A piece full of brilliant details from @yallaalia.bsky.social. Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world!
A piece full of brilliant details from @yallaalia.bsky.social. Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world!
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world. "Mosquitos in white coats. Buzzing and hungry. For blood. So much blood." Brilliant creativity in this piece by @marthawrites.bsky.social
A new heartbreaker up today on the magnificent @ellipsiszine.bsky.social
www.ellipsiszine.com/surviving-th...
www.ellipsiszine.com/surviving-th...
Surviving the Swamp by Martha Lane
Hydration is not your problem. You have water in plastic cups and hot syrupy tea presented by nurses, your partner, parents, friends. Exposure is a problem. Build a shelter out of bed slats and pillow...
www.ellipsiszine.com
August 28, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world. "Mosquitos in white coats. Buzzing and hungry. For blood. So much blood." Brilliant creativity in this piece by @marthawrites.bsky.social
"I didn’t want Jeremy to come. When he’s around, it gets noisy and scratchy in my head, like a petting zoo with every animal sound all at once"
Wonderful creativity & use of the child-voice in this piece from @cake-girl.bsky.social.
#WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
Wonderful creativity & use of the child-voice in this piece from @cake-girl.bsky.social.
#WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
This flash - drafted in the Glorious Words workshop taught by @mattkendrick.bsky.social
- has received so many sweet tiered rejections. Feels extra special to see it find the perfect home in WENSUM Literary Magazine 💗
wensumlit.co.uk/2025/02/01/p...
- has received so many sweet tiered rejections. Feels extra special to see it find the perfect home in WENSUM Literary Magazine 💗
wensumlit.co.uk/2025/02/01/p...
Pretend but Feels Like Real by Karen Baumgart
Today was my six-years-old party day! Mum and Aunt May had got Frozen party hats and paper plates and made cupcakes with Elsa and Anna flags. I love Anna the best, even though Jeremy thinks Frozen …
wensumlit.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"I didn’t want Jeremy to come. When he’s around, it gets noisy and scratchy in my head, like a petting zoo with every animal sound all at once"
Wonderful creativity & use of the child-voice in this piece from @cake-girl.bsky.social.
#WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
Wonderful creativity & use of the child-voice in this piece from @cake-girl.bsky.social.
#WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
"I have the alligator dream once or twice a month, more frequently in summer. In the dream, the alligator holds a sharp, skinny knife above me while I gulp hard at the air"
Stunning piece from @joannatheiss.com
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world 🤩
Stunning piece from @joannatheiss.com
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world 🤩
Happy to be a part of The Penn Review's Spring 2025 issue. This story started in a @mattkendrick.bsky.social workshop on Lyrical Writing 🐊 🥗
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www.pennreview.org/alligator-sa...
Alligator Salad — The Penn Review
www.pennreview.org
May 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"I have the alligator dream once or twice a month, more frequently in summer. In the dream, the alligator holds a sharp, skinny knife above me while I gulp hard at the air"
Stunning piece from @joannatheiss.com
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world 🤩
Stunning piece from @joannatheiss.com
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world 🤩
There's just ONE place left on my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb "Glorious Words" course for February 2024. All other spots on my early 2024 courses have now been taken. Who'd like the final spot?
If it helps, you can sign up now, pay in January.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-gloriou...
If it helps, you can sign up now, pay in January.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-gloriou...
December 12, 2023 at 1:32 PM
There's just ONE place left on my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb "Glorious Words" course for February 2024. All other spots on my early 2024 courses have now been taken. Who'd like the final spot?
If it helps, you can sign up now, pay in January.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-gloriou...
If it helps, you can sign up now, pay in January.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-gloriou...
"elastic hours stretching like cheese from fresh-baked pizza / the scratch of her husband’s two-day-old stubble, comforting against her cheek"
Stunning build of imagery in this hybrid piece from @cake-girl.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Stunning build of imagery in this hybrid piece from @cake-girl.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
This little hybrid/flash piece was drafted in the Glorious Words workshop taught by @mattkendrick.bsky.social
- so happy it’s found a lovely home in @turningleafjournal.bsky.social 💗
turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/k...
- so happy it’s found a lovely home in @turningleafjournal.bsky.social 💗
turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/k...
“detailed inventory of a hospital room,” Karen Baumgart
detailed inventory of a hospital roomBy Karen Baumgart in the corner, a bloodied nightgown and socks, cocooned in a plastic bag / steady beeping from a room across the hall / plumes of antiseptic w…
turningleafjournal.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"elastic hours stretching like cheese from fresh-baked pizza / the scratch of her husband’s two-day-old stubble, comforting against her cheek"
Stunning build of imagery in this hybrid piece from @cake-girl.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Stunning build of imagery in this hybrid piece from @cake-girl.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Finally, a little more niche, but I've set up a feed dedicated to my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses. If you're a #WBTL alumni or you're interested in taking a #WBTL course in the future, here's the feed for that
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15/16
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15/16
October 12, 2023 at 7:20 PM
Finally, a little more niche, but I've set up a feed dedicated to my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses. If you're a #WBTL alumni or you're interested in taking a #WBTL course in the future, here's the feed for that
💡
15/16
💡
15/16
Who wants to come and write with me in January?
Only TWO place left on my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb "Colourful Characters" course.
Will be a wonderful way to start 2024!
#FlashFiction #WritingCourse #WritingCraft #AmWriting
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Only TWO place left on my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb "Colourful Characters" course.
Will be a wonderful way to start 2024!
#FlashFiction #WritingCourse #WritingCraft #AmWriting
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
November 25, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Who wants to come and write with me in January?
Only TWO place left on my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb "Colourful Characters" course.
Will be a wonderful way to start 2024!
#FlashFiction #WritingCourse #WritingCraft #AmWriting
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Only TWO place left on my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb "Colourful Characters" course.
Will be a wonderful way to start 2024!
#FlashFiction #WritingCourse #WritingCraft #AmWriting
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-colourf...
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb #flashfiction out in the world - "driving through rain and wind, wine still wet on her lips, she smiles at the road jumbled with broken branches, garbage can lids, cheeseburger wrappers, orange peels" - great piece by @tcboudreau.bsky.social
Grateful to appear in @fivesouth.bsky.social w/"Hurricane Penelope," which was born in a @mattkendrick.bsky.social workshop. I hope you'll give it a read! 🧡
https://www.fivesouth.net/post/hurricane-penelope-by-timothy-boudreau
https://www.fivesouth.net/post/hurricane-penelope-by-timothy-boudreau
Hurricane Penelope by Timothy Boudreau
“It’s not coming anywhere near us; we’re too far north,” Penelope’s kids call to tell her. But driving through rain and wind, wine still wet on her lips, she smiles at the road jumbled with ...
www.fivesouth.net
September 26, 2023 at 4:08 PM
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb #flashfiction out in the world - "driving through rain and wind, wine still wet on her lips, she smiles at the road jumbled with broken branches, garbage can lids, cheeseburger wrappers, orange peels" - great piece by @tcboudreau.bsky.social
Wonderful tone of voice from @ruthabrandt.bsky.social in this stream-of-consciousness #FlashFiction from The Phare: "Woah, OK so it’s like dripping. Plink plink plink. Get what I’m saying? Plink plink."
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world.
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world.
The problem with thinking
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www.thephare.com
November 11, 2023 at 10:58 AM
Wonderful tone of voice from @ruthabrandt.bsky.social in this stream-of-consciousness #FlashFiction from The Phare: "Woah, OK so it’s like dripping. Plink plink plink. Get what I’m saying? Plink plink."
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world.
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world.
Testing this out but I **think** I've just created a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb feed (and I'm hoping that by adding the tag here this is going to show up 🤞)
July 26, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Testing this out but I **think** I've just created a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb feed (and I'm hoping that by adding the tag here this is going to show up 🤞)
"The hotel is beside the sea, and somehow Kate does not associate bats with the water. Pictures dark moors instead"
Wonderful to see this fantastic #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story from @fionamckay.bsky.social out in the world.
Wonderful to see this fantastic #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story from @fionamckay.bsky.social out in the world.
Thank you to @trashcatlit.bsky.social for publishing this piece to round off the year ❤️
Happy New Year, everyone!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Mammals
Fiona McKay It gets dark earlier in Italy, and Kate feels a cognitive dissonance: going out for dinner on a warm evening, the sun already long gone. They walk back to the hotel, John catching her h…
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January 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"The hotel is beside the sea, and somehow Kate does not associate bats with the water. Pictures dark moors instead"
Wonderful to see this fantastic #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story from @fionamckay.bsky.social out in the world.
Wonderful to see this fantastic #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story from @fionamckay.bsky.social out in the world.
Anyone doing my January round of "Colourful Characters" check your inboxes. You *should* have a one-week-to-go email lurking in there. So excited to get back to teaching these courses this year.
#WritingCourse #FlashFiction #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
#WritingCourse #FlashFiction #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
January 1, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Anyone doing my January round of "Colourful Characters" check your inboxes. You *should* have a one-week-to-go email lurking in there. So excited to get back to teaching these courses this year.
#WritingCourse #FlashFiction #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
#WritingCourse #FlashFiction #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb
Four years ago today, I was setting out on my first ever #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb course with an intrepid group of writers. Who was there with me?
Tomorrow, I'm teaching course THIRTY-ONE!!!
AND, even though I thought I might have to stop the courses after Feb, a SMALL announcement...
Tomorrow, I'm teaching course THIRTY-ONE!!!
AND, even though I thought I might have to stop the courses after Feb, a SMALL announcement...
January 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Four years ago today, I was setting out on my first ever #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb course with an intrepid group of writers. Who was there with me?
Tomorrow, I'm teaching course THIRTY-ONE!!!
AND, even though I thought I might have to stop the courses after Feb, a SMALL announcement...
Tomorrow, I'm teaching course THIRTY-ONE!!!
AND, even though I thought I might have to stop the courses after Feb, a SMALL announcement...
Congratulations, Laura. Wonderful news. And even more exciting that it's a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story!
October 15, 2023 at 2:41 PM
Congratulations, Laura. Wonderful news. And even more exciting that it's a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story!
"Spring buds bulge on branches, like the balls of debt stuffed into the jar on the kitchen windowsill"
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story doing well out in the world. This is a stunner from @laurabesley.bsky.social; so much bubbling away here.
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story doing well out in the world. This is a stunner from @laurabesley.bsky.social; so much bubbling away here.
I'm thrilled to have won 2nd prize with my story, IT'S ALL SO UNEXPECTED ✨ Congratulations to those in 1st & 3rd place & many thanks to the organisers @flash500.bsky.social & judge @scooterwriter.bsky.social
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
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#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
flash500.com/flash-fictio...
Flash Fiction 2nd Place: It’s All So Unexpected by Laura Besley - Flash 500
I’m doing fifty-two on a forty mile per hour road when I see a fox dart out from the verge. I slam my palm on the horn and my foot on the brake. Next to me, Kaley screams, the contents of her backpack...
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May 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Spring buds bulge on branches, like the balls of debt stuffed into the jar on the kitchen windowsill"
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story doing well out in the world. This is a stunner from @laurabesley.bsky.social; so much bubbling away here.
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story doing well out in the world. This is a stunner from @laurabesley.bsky.social; so much bubbling away here.
I'm so grateful that my slightly-better-than-expected health has allowed me to keep teaching my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses. For anyone who'd like to write with me, the next one I've got scheduled is "Go With The Flow" in May: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-go-with...
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February 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm so grateful that my slightly-better-than-expected health has allowed me to keep teaching my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses. For anyone who'd like to write with me, the next one I've got scheduled is "Go With The Flow" in May: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-go-with...
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"Jazz was a supernova, shimmering darkly at the edges with
something flammable and spectacular"
Wonderful evocation of character and a real richness of imagery in this #FlashFiction from @cake-girl.bsky.social
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
something flammable and spectacular"
Wonderful evocation of character and a real richness of imagery in this #FlashFiction from @cake-girl.bsky.social
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Super excited to have a flash in Issue III of Blue Daisies Journal! This one was drafted during the Glorious Words course taught by @mattkendrick.bsky.social 💗
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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 newsle...
mattkendrick.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Jazz was a supernova, shimmering darkly at the edges with
something flammable and spectacular"
Wonderful evocation of character and a real richness of imagery in this #FlashFiction from @cake-girl.bsky.social
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
something flammable and spectacular"
Wonderful evocation of character and a real richness of imagery in this #FlashFiction from @cake-girl.bsky.social
Always great to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Matt's courses are sublime, @mattkendrick.bsky.social look what I wrote on #Writebeyondthelightbulb
"Ye need tae git the pan roastin to scald fish skin, crisp it up"
Wonderful mastery of tone and flow in this richly creative story from @joycebingham.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Wonderful mastery of tone and flow in this richly creative story from @joycebingham.bsky.social
Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Thrilled that my story, 'He casts his line' has won second place in the WestWord prize 2025. With special thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social, for his encouragement when I wrote the beginings of this story on one of his wonderful courses. open.substack.com/pub/westword...
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Matt's courses are sublime, @mattkendrick.bsky.social look what I wrote on #Writebeyondthelightbulb
Just been updating my wall of #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb stories - now 115 brilliant pieces that started life on one of my courses. If I've missed anything, please let me know. Amazed at all the superstar writers I get to write with on a regular basis 🤩
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-stories
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-stories
WBTL Stories | MattKendrick.co.uk
Portfolio of stories that started life on one of Matt Kendrick's Write Beyond The Lightbulb courses
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Just been updating my wall of #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb stories - now 115 brilliant pieces that started life on one of my courses. If I've missed anything, please let me know. Amazed at all the superstar writers I get to write with on a regular basis 🤩
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-stories
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-stories