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Cathy Farr writes: Imitation… or inspiration?

Cathy Farr writes: Imitation… or inspiration?

As a writer, if someone says to me ‘I’m going to use your book to write my own book,’ my immediate reaction… and forgive me if you think I’m being precious here, but … my immediate reaction is generally negative and may end ‘ – off!’ For me copyright is absolutely...

Cathy Farr writes: The case for the right word not the wow word

Cathy Farr writes: The case for the right word not the wow word

Getting children to write anything is hard enough, so why are we making it even harder by asking them to embellish their writing with superfluous adjectives, adverbs (a personal bugbear) and verbs?  In an attempt to encourage children to explore language, in my view,...