Clare Povey is Editorial & Communities Manager at writersandartists.co.uk. She is also a children's fiction author and her debut middle grade book, The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre, was a Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month. Its sequel, The Unexpected Tale of the Bad Brothers, published in July.
Somewhere amongst your journal and notebook pages, there might well be the seed of a story idea just waiting for you. If you’ve decided that now’s the time to pursue your creative writing interest, here are some tips on how to develop your idea.