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Andrea Mann is a British screenwriter

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Find Your Writing Voice workshop

12.03.2025 by Andrea Mann // Leave a Comment

Write Away is back!*

Brilliant short fiction writer Emily Devane and I are hosting another writing workshop in beautiful Ilkley – and our theme this time is finding your writing voice.

We’ll be digging into what people mean by ‘voice’, how to find yours, how to use it on the page and how to develop it.

Expect a morning full of advice, encouragement, inspiration – and plenty of interactive writing exercises,

The workshop is on Saturday 24 January, 10am-1pm. Find out more and book your spot here on Eventbrite.

*working title: Write Away 2: 2Fast2ManyBiscuits

Categories // Musings Tags // creative advice, creativity, creativity tips, screenwriting, writing, writing advice, writing tips

An Attic Landing Of One’s Own

09.25.2025 by Andrea Mann // Leave a Comment

Why painting walls is like writing drafts – and why it’s progress, not perfection, that matters

My husband Frank and I have bought a house together (for the very first time!) and been doing it up (also for the very first time!).

It’s a Victorian terrace which has needed a bit of love. In other words: we’ve* been stripping wallpaper, sanding and painting (and Zinssering – iykyk) walls, pulling up carpets and smashing open fireplaces. We’ve had the house fully rewired, our chimney newly flaunched, and we’ve learned what the word ‘flaunched’ means. We’ve put a log burner in one of the aforementioned smashed-open fireplaces, installed a new bathroom (during which our plumber discovered tiles upon tiles – literally), and created a new partition wall with pocket doors. Pocket doors!! I can tell you now that those long winter nights are going to fly by, mainly because I’ll just be standing by this archway, sliding doors in and out of it:

There’s gold in them there hills doors in them there walls!

In short: the summer has been filled with a fascinating, time-consuming, fulfilling and at times slightly stressful project, and I’ve never used so much hand cream in my life.

The whole experience has also been an excellent reminder of an adage I’ve told myself (and fellow writers, and fellow recovering people-pleasers) numerous times: that ‘perfect is the enemy of good’. Or indeed, the enemy of done.

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Categories // Musings Tags // creative advice, creative process, creative tips, creativity, creativity tips, screenwriting, screenwriting advice, screenwriting process, screenwriting tips, writing, writing advice, writing process, writing tips

Write Away: Join me and Emily Devane for a writing workshop in beautiful Ilkley

09.14.2025 by Andrea Mann // Leave a Comment

I’m beyond excited to be joining forces with the lovely and brilliant short fiction writer Emily Devane to host a writing workshop in our (yes, beautiful) home town of Ilkley!

Join us on Saturday 8 November for a morning of practical writing advice and inspiration.

Here’s a bit about it…

Are you a writer who never seems to find the time to write? Or perhaps you’re struggling to get started with a writing project – or see one through to the end? You might even want some guidance about what your idea could become. Seeing a piece of writing through from start to finish can be a daunting prospect. 

Write Away is your opportunity to dedicate some time to your writing, with tips and strategies on how to get started, how to keep going and how to finish a writing project, whatever that might be. 

Over three interactive sessions, we’ll cover:

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Categories // Musings Tags // creative writing workshop, screenwriter mentoring, screenwriting mentor, writing advice, writing mentor, writing workshop yorkshire, writing workshops

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