The Art of Creative Writing

Prose and poetry utilising all of the senses.

Hey, I’m the author Anne Skyvington!

Welcome to the art of creative writing

Bonjour! Wilkommen! Salut! Chiao! Hello!

I invite you to fly with us and get the creative juices flowing. Your muse is alive in the country and the city. Join us here and learn how to write vivid prose, poetry and longer works.

Whether you live in a big city or in a beautiful country area, you can benefit from the information and templates here to inspire you and get your muse working for you. I live in Sydney near the city and the beach at Coogee. My background is country and it is this that has benefited my writing from the beginning, stamping it indelibly with the rhythms, sounds, perfumes and cadences of nature where I grew up on the Clarence River far from cities. However, it is cities with their architectural aesthetics and sophisticated spaces that have drawn me to their crowded landscapes ever since.

The past lives in all of us, so use what you have and fly with us on this magical journey of creativity. Your muse is alive in you!

Come fly with us and learn how to bring your work to the next level

Use the menus to navigate the site and find what you are looking for, whether it be writing short stories, structuring a novel or finding out about genre, poetry and getting published. There is something of interest for everyone to peruse free of charge.

I invite you to utilise the blog for ideas and models to practise, for example reading poetry of some of the greats aloud for inspiration and for cadence. We all borrow from others while learning how to be creative with our written work, so get on board and try it out!

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An Invitation

Please leave a comment in the section below any posts that interest you. And if you would like to have your work published on this site get in touch. I’m looking for personal stories that cause us to feel something special or to empathise with the content and the voice. Or teach us something new and valuable.

Length: 500–1500 words. Professional-looking photos to accompany stories chosen by you as the author or by me as the editor.

I’d love to see what you are writing!

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My Latest Work

A Guest Post by Alan Urquart
By Anne Skyvington|Published On: November 7, 2026|Categories: Creative Writings|0 Comments on A Guest Post by Alan Urquart|
BEACH DEMOCRACY Millions Green and cream trams, with a solid gold stripe, and almost as flash, I used to think, as next year’s bus, were the transports to the joy, [...]
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A Guest Post by Cleo Lynch
By Anne Skyvington|Published On: November 7, 2026|Categories: Creative Writings, Writing Memoir|0 Comments on A Guest Post by Cleo Lynch|
TWO OLD LADIES IN BONDI Who are these old ladies and what binds them together? The first one, a fixture of renown at Bondi, is a gracious old art deco [...]
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A Guest Post by Susan Beinart
By Anne Skyvington|Published On: November 5, 2026|Categories: Creative Writings, Short Stories|0 Comments on A Guest Post by Susan Beinart|
My Weird Weekend in FijiSusan Beinart tells this story through the voice of a disgruntled teenaged boy! And she manages, furthermore, to illustrate thematically the universal via the particular! We've [...]
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First Days in Paris
By Anne Skyvington|Published On: October 23, 2026|Categories: Creative Writings, Short Stories, Travel|0 Comments on First Days in Paris|
This is a short story expressing contrasts between two cultures and the beauty and awe associated with the new one.
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