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  ©Andy Lo Po @TheNoverly Emylia is a tutor at  The Novelry . Offering support for beginner and established authors at any stage of their writing career, The Novelry will take writers from the very kernel of an idea through to a polished manuscript ready for literary agent submission. With mentoring from bestselling authors and editorial advice from leading industry professionals, The Novelry is the writing school recommended by leading literary agents. The Novelry Author Tutor Q&A for National Storytelling Week  When did you first realise that you were a storyteller? I think a child’s relationship with their creativity is so pure and unrestrained; I loved reading stories, and so making up my own seemed like a natural response to that. There was never a question of ‘am I any good at this?’ It was all about enjoyment. I grew up in rural Devon and used to spend a lot of time playing outside on my own, perfectly happy in my lands of make-believe. Much like the novels I’v...

Seven books I wish I had read at school Dear reader, Today marks 5 days before I am officially back to work. The thought of this coming year, and all it entails makes my insides want to scrunch up into shriveled origami bird and fly fly fly away. In preparation for this horrible event I read a set text called An inspector calls which, we will be studying this year- my god was I bored. Could it have been worse? Yes, yes it could. I could have had to read a 700 page auto-biography disguised as a philosophy book written a hundred years ago by a white man for my religious studies class- oh wait! God I love education. Whilst I was reading this relatively short play, I thought to myself, why this? Why out of all the books, did they pick this? I was lost for an answer, even after extensive research into the author in an effort to find some context. This then got me thinking, what would I assign a Modern-literature class in the 21 st century? This would be an opportunity to enlighte...