John-Paul Flintoff Email & Phone Number

Universal, Via Zoom Etc

One of my own books (2021). In this age of boosterism, it's easy to forget that adequate is good enough. And good enough is good enough. The book includes some stories of my own minor successes and (what felt at the time like) vast failures (but turned out to be alright, really). As you can see, I do like parenthesis (the stuff in brackets).

Zoom, Mostly

Talks and live workshops, combining classical rhetoric with the skills of improvisational theatre - so you can a) be well prepared and b) spontaneous.Includes rolling series of a paid course in how to become a better speaker in 30 days, run here in a private LinkedIn Group.

London, United Kingdom

Admitting yourself to psychiatric hospital is not fun. Coming out is hard too. But life can be difficult, and eight weeks in hospital taught me that anybody can have a break down.Afterwards, it felt as if I had to learn how to do everything all over again. Intellectually, I knew I had done lots before - including things that seemed to impress people - and.

I have worked as feature writer and associate editor on The FT, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times. I've been privileged to write on a huge range of subjects, often at a length that's no longer affordable to most media organisations.For the FT, I frequently took undercover assignments that allowed me to write about industries from the inside. As well as.

London, United Kingdom

How to write long-form journalism, grab and retain the interest of readers, in an age of fierce competition for people's attention?I share stories about my own experiences writing immersive journalism (eg, taking "real" jobs for days or weeks at a time and writing up the experience), and ask students to consider what experiences they too might turn into.

London, Devon, Shropshire, Yorkshire

I teach creative writing at Arvon, the amazing writing foundation set up by Ted Hughes and others 50 years ago.The courses are residential, and last a week. I tend to teach memoir (I've published two myself) but I draw heavily on my training in performance because it helps writers to see the value in "showing" not "telling". I drew on the same techniques.