Beginnings - Inspiration - The role of the writer

• The ingredients of writing
• Keeping a writing record
• Beginnings
• What is inspiration?
• Looking at other writers' work
• The role of the writer

This program features contributions from the following writers:

Dannie Abse, Kazuo Ishiguro, P D James, Lena Kennedy, Marge Piercy, Harold Pinter, Michèle Roberts, Salman Rushdie, Maurice Sendak, Mongane Serote