In this episode of The Writing Life Podcast, Maddie Mortimer talks about how she writes about love, from the intimate and tender to the physical and visceral, from the romantic to the familial.
This podcast is part of our Early Career Writers’ Resources pack Love, made possible by Arts Council England. Discover more here →
Maddie is the author of ‘Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies’ which won her a Desmond Elliott Prize in 2022.
The first part of our conversation was about her Desmond Elliott Prize win, but we soon started talking about the novel, writing craft and writing love.
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Love
Exercises, a podcast and an article cover the broad topic of writing about love, from the passionate to the familial, old and young and even a love of God.
Browse the other resources in this pack:
Love and character – creative writing exercises
Laura Stimson shares four short writing exercises to help you develop your skills in writing about love, sex and romance.
Writing about older lovers — Maggie Gee
Maggie Gee tackles the issue of ageism in the media and publishing and discusses how to write about love and sex between older people.
Wonderful, ridiculous love — Michael Pedersen
The prize-winning Scottish poet shares five great poems about love.
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Love and character – creative writing exercises
Prose writer Lora Stimson shares some short creative writing exercises to help you develop your skills in writing about love and romance.
28th September 2022
Love in an old climate: Writing about older lovers
Maggie Gee tackles the issue of ageism in the media and publishing and discusses how to write about love and sex between older people.
28th September 2022