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Personal Essays as creative writing – Hanaz Writers Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 39

In this week’s episode of the Hanaz Writers Podcast, Charlotte explores the beauty and creativity of personal essays, where real life meets literary craft.
More than just school assignments or job applications, personal essays are powerful reflections that use scene-setting, voice, metaphor and structure to turn everyday moments into meaningful stories. Charlotte explains how these essays are not simply about telling what happened, but interpreting experience, discovering insight and shaping emotion into art.
This episode provides both motivation and useful suggestions to help you start writing your own creative essays, whether you are examining a memory, expressing a paradox, or just thinking about a personal truth.
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Memoirs as creative writing – Hanaz Writers Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 38

In this week’s episode of the Hanaz Writers Podcast, Charlotte delves into the emotional power and creative depth of memoirs. While often seen as non-fiction, memoirs are in fact a rich and personal form of creative writing.
Memoirs, as opposed to autobiographies, only document a portion of a person's life.  Memoirs blur the distinction between art and fact with their thoughtful tone, well-written dialogue, and imaginative scene setting.  According to Charlotte, memory is a dynamic, individual truth that is influenced by emotion, experience, and interpretation rather than being a set of unchangeable facts.
This episode will teach you how to write honestly, artistically, and purposefully, regardless of whether you are inspired by authors like Michelle Obama, Anne Frank, or Ta-Nehisi Coates or you just feel prepared to share your own story.
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Summer to Autumn – Hanaz Writers Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 37

Greetings from the Hanaz Writers Podcast once again.  Your host Mohammed leads us through the summer-to-fall transition in this introspective episode, which serves as a potent metaphor for imagination, development, and writing discipline.
 
From summer’s bursts of freedom to autumn’s grounding energy, this episode explores how each season offers writers a unique rhythm. Mohammed shares how autumn encourages reflection, routine, and creative focus, making it the perfect time to set writing goals and build momentum for the rest of the year.
You will learn how to:
Reflect on your summer writing habits
Embrace the symbolism of autumn
Use seasonal imagery in your stories
Create an achievable routine
Align your creativity with nature’s rhythm
Whether you are starting a novel, journaling daily, or simply adjusting your mindset, this episode offers grounding insights and practical tips to carry into the cooler months ahead.
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Speeches as creative writing – Hanaz Writers Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 36

This week on the Hanaz Writers Podcast, Charlotte uncovers how speeches are more than public addresses they are a powerful form of creative writing.
This episode examines the strategies that make speeches memorable, including repetition, metaphor, structure, tone, and emotional storytelling, as demonstrated by Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" and Malala's poignant speech before the United Nations. 
You will learn how speeches inspire, persuade, and bring people together using the same techniques as poems and novels: rhythm, voice, and purpose.
This episode will teach you how to write speeches that have an impact, whether you're writing for fiction, movies, or real life.
Tune in and be inspired to write words that move people.
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Poetry as Creative Writing – Hanaz Writers Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 35

Charlotte is the host of this week's Hanaz Writers Podcast. This episode examines poetry, one of the most potent and ancient forms of storytelling.
Charlotte explores the ways in which poetry and songs are different while still sharing the same emotional depth, inventiveness, and rhythm. You will discover how poetry uses silence just as much as music, how it distils emotion and thought, and how the visual structure on the page can contribute to the content. She also discusses the main distinctions between poetry and songs, including their purpose, performance, creative freedom, and teamwork.
From Robert Frost to Kendrick Lamar, discover how poetry continues to evolve, inspire and connect. Whether you write poetry, lyrics or simply love the written word, this episode will enrich your understanding of creative writing in all its forms.
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Song Writing – Hanaz Writers Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 34

Welcome back to another one of Hanaz Writers' motivational episodes!  One of the most potent types of creative writing is songwriting, as Charlotte, a Year 2 teacher in London, explains in this podcast.
From metaphor-rich rap to beautiful ballads, she explains how songs blend storytelling, passion, and rhythm in a few succinct lines.
🎧 Learn how legendary artists like Joni Mitchell, Kendrick Lamar, Adele, and Taylor Swift use words to spark universal emotions. Discover the relationship between poetry and songwriting, how music deepens impact, and why songs are considered miniature pieces of literature.
Whether you are a writer, teacher, or creative soul, this episode will change how you listen to your favourite songs.
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Movies and television scripts – Hanaz Writers Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 33

Welcome back to another episode of the Hanaz Writers Podcast! This week, Charlotte expl the fascinating world of writing for movies and television.
This episode explains the differences between TV and movie scripts, from structure and character development to pacing and format, whether you're aspiring to write your own Netflix-style series or are dreaming of Hollywood. Charlotte emphasises how TV scripts live on suspense and delayed development, but films offer a whole storyline.
The structure of both formats, the realities of writers' rooms versus solo filmmaking, and the creative discipline of screenwriting will all be covered. Regardless of your preference for lengthy narratives or poignant one-shots, this podcast offers insightful, motivating advice on the areas in which your writing may excel.
 
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Plays – Hanaz Writers Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 32

Greetings and welcome to another Hanaz Writers episode! Charlotte discusses plays, one of the most dynamic and ancient forms of creative writing, in this week's episode.
From Lin-Manuel Miranda to Shakespeare, playwrights have evoked stories on stage using emotion, silence, and speech.  Learn what distinguishes playwriting from poetry and novels, how it is different, and why it is a vital tool for all writers. Charlotte shares how the structure, rhythm, and raw human imperfection found in plays can elevate your own writing whether or not you ever step foot on stage.
This episode may encourage you to try writing or reading a play if you have never done so before.  Listen to discover how your storytelling may be transformed by writing with intention and emotional depth.
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