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Abstract to Concrete by Neil Rollinson

This is a short download, containing a brief burst of advice about a specific area of craft or inspiration - perfect for breaking open new ideas.

When you write about the big themes - love, sadness, fear, joy etc - how do you make sure you keep your imagery strong? Neil's lesson helps you avoid the obvious.

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Neil Rollinson

Neil Rollinson has published three collections with Cape (A Spillage of Mercury, Spanish Fly and Demolition). He is a National Poetry Competition winner and has received an Arts Council writers award, a Cholmondeley award and a Hawthornden fellowship. Most recently, he has been poet in residence at the Wordsworth trust and a Creative Writing Research Fellow at Manchester University. He writes poems that explore the 'everyday', but seek out the hidden and miraculous that lies at the heart of of experience, both the erotic and celebratory are played out alongside the darker aspects of life - sadness, memory, and the passing of time. Anything goes: food, sex, football, science, all things matter to the poet, and all things throw light on the deeper meanings of life ...