Finish things. THEN have a go at yourself for it not being perfect. Because then at least it gets to BE… Download @lavietidhar.bsky.social on The Writers' Gym wherever you get your podcasts.

‘What being homeless taught me about home’ charts Lucy’s beginning as a foster child who fell off the ‘care cliff’ at 16 and faced adulthood not knowing a home without an expiry date. All her advocacy, TedX and founder of Lawyers Who Care began here. I’m enormously proud to be her writing coach.

New friend at @vauxhallcityfarm.bsky.social yesterday ❤️

At Barnes Bookshop with team @uni-roehampton.bsky.social @urlibrary.bsky.social celebrating @carolinesharples.bsky.social’s The Long Death of Adolf Hitler. This unique cultural history, rightly and impressively, gives no visuals of him or them.Great, thoughtful work from @yalepress.bsky.social

‘You find out what you wanted to say in the process of writing it.’ @xaldanareyes.bsky.social on The Writers' Gym Podcast, celebrating the process: giving ourselves freedom to discover along the way, rather than staying too attached to what we thought we were doing before we picked up the pen.

A very happy Twin Peaks Day to all who celebrate ❤️🖤

This week on the podcast I’m with @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social talking about writing, not writing, post-pandemic unmasking and the importance of a writing life that reflects who you — truly and uniquely — are. Join us at The Writers’ Gym wherever you get your podcasts.

May we have a moment for Magic the Labrador? I loved my whole experience of Bloody Barnes at OSO Arts Centre, particularly seeing @sophiehannah.bsky.social, but the icing on the cake is having this lovely dog as co-MC.

Writer’s block: the price we pay for knowing just how much there is to say. A brilliant discussion with Jenny Rogers on The Writers’ Gym Podcast this week.

Beautiful quote about the practical importance of finding the fun. A pleasure and a privilege to have Alison Littlewood on The Writers' Gym Podcast this week. Download from anywhere podcasty now.

Forget fake it till you make it: show up until you realise you were ALWAYS worthy (and maybe that everyone else is just as scared!). The stories we tell ourselves show up in the smallest choices. A joy to talk to creative director and voice of Little Lies Jade Robertson on The Writers’ Gym Podcast.

“Everybody has a well of hurt and darkness somewhere... but don't get the opportunity to use that for their own creativity. I… was able to turn moments of having been frightened into being frightening — but in my own way… doing whatever I could to make the darkness sparkle.” Tim Curry

For anyone panicking about their career instead of discovering it, one surprising step at a time: The Writers’ Gym Podcast brings you @ashley999thorpe.bsky.social (Uncanny @dannyrobins.bsky.social, Borley Rectory). Animator, filmmaker, writer, horror fan, fellow disciple of Kermit the Frog…

In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative fiction. This month, we asked writing and confidence coach @drrachelknightley.bsky.social to help our members get ready for a new year of creativity. britishfantasysociety.org/ask-an-exper...

Some wise words in this month's Ask an Expert column - thanks @drrachelknightley.bsky.social!

A truly lovely beginning to Christmas/continuation of Chanukah with the freelancers tribe. Thank you so much for arranging, @annodracula.bsky.social ❤️

FB words of @timlebbon.bsky.social about The Writers’ Gym Podcast: “It was so much fun chatting with Rachel Knightley for The Writers' Gym podcast, check it out!! Features horror, imposter syndrome, and cake.” I feel seen 😁

@drrachelknightley.bsky.social is in the expert hot seat for the BFS this month, ready and waiting to help you get your creative 2026 off to a great start 💪🏻

The brilliant @joannechocolat.bsky.social joins me at the Writers’ Gym to talk all things writing and the healthy habits that get us out of our own way and into our stories. Download us from Monday 1 January wherever you get your podcasts.

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.

The past tense on Twitter was ‘tweeted’. So, when I’ve posted here, have I ‘blueskid’?

Yes, that'd be us. The small suitcase proved heavier than expected when being lifted to the overhead shelf.

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.

So who else is on a train returning from @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social carrying many, MANY more books than they arrived with? #worldfantasycon

Enormously proud to report Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 for Macmillan Cancer Support reached £1815. Proofreading by Writers’ Gym members Bella and Truett today; digital anthology by Steve for all our sponsors tomorrow. Thanks @rhi.bsky.social for a fab title and all who wrote or sponsored 💚

We’ve nearly doubled our intended total — and I’ve sneakily left the page open so you can still secure the world-exclusive new writing anthology by donating any amount to Macmillan tonight. Thank you @rhi.bsky.social for a glorious title. www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...

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

Honoured to be involved in this year's Sponosored Write, on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support, along with a whole gaggle of amazing writers!

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

I very much enjoyed talking with @drrachelknightley.bsky.social for her brilliant writing podcast series. I'm not sure if I said anything useful, but all her questions are thoughtful and interesting.

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.

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.

And my vote for ‘Most Ironic Book to Stand Your York Ghost Merchants Boo On’ goes to…

Me talking to the wonderful @drrachelknightley.bsky.social about my writing as if I know what I'm doing. youtu.be/Kq-HEL55Saw?...

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.

Thank you to the brilliant @drrachelknightley.bsky.social for letting me chat about my white noise obsession, creative doubts, and much more! I've found listening to her podcast incredibly helpful when my confidence is wavering, so it was an honour to be on it ❤️📚 open.spotify.com/episode/7En5...

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.

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 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...

New #Shelfies alert! This week, it's @drrachelknightley.bsky.social on Discworld, Holmes, Cadfael and Narnia! (ooh, I love the Cadfael books! Good call, there). Don't forget you can subscribe for a free weekly shelfie in your inbox!

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.

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.

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 ❤️

@drrachelknightley.bsky.social Just watched your video essay of The Seventh Grave Blu-Ray and thought your take was dead on. Enjoyed the movie quite a bit.

‘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!

Today I saw an optician walk backwards into a customer waiting for their appointment. She apologised and said she didn’t see her, entirely without irony.

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.