Welcome to Kindling, the place where I help creatives find their spark and make work that sets their hearts – and the world – alight.
I’m a writer – at least, that’s how I share my own personal fire. Because we’re all more than the thing we do or make, right? At my heart I’m a wonderer. I love nothing more than to pick through the embers of my curiosity and find the things that spark my fascination or confusion. I write in order to work out what I feel and think about this smoky, glowing thing I’ve found. And then, when I’ve fanned my thoughts into flames, I want to share the warmth. I want to see the fire of story spread and set others’ imaginations aglow.
What about you? Maybe you’re tired, maybe you’re stuck, maybe you’re ready to give up. Perhaps you’ve been wondering why you’re struggling with your creativity when other people seem to find flow so easily. I hear you and I’m here for you. I believe you’re just right, right now. You’re not a broken creator, you’re not failing, you don’t need to change or find the next trick or book or method to fix your work or your practice or your career. It’s so easy to look at everyone else and think ‘they’ve cracked it’ and then try to emulate what they do or what they produce. But when we try to create like someone else we deny our own creative spark. It hurts us, it diminishes us and, eventually, it snuffs us out.
I know what it’s like to battle with your creativity and to feel empty. I know what it’s like to hate your own creativity. I know what it’s like to want to give up and to never create anything ever again. I’m not going to offer quick fixes or neat tricks. I’m not going to tell you there is a magical method which, if you follow, will guarantee joy, productivity and earnings. I’m here to say that you’re just right, right now. When we see ourselves with compassion and delight, we can see our true creative DNA. When you know yourself fully, you can be yourself fully and that is when you can live and create fully.
I’m good at kindling. I can help you find your creative tinder and get it lit, even if you’re starting from scratch and even if your fuel has been smothered and left sodden.
I know you have what it takes to make the most beautiful fire. Not a fire like anyone else’s – your own inferno. I can help you find your unique fuel, ignite it and keep it lit.
I can see your spark, even if you can’t. And a spark is all it takes.
Sound good? You’re welcome here.
There’s a place for you around the campfire – let’s get kindling.
Coming soon
How to write when you don’t want to write – a series for the stuck, scared and stymied.
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INK, SPARK and SCAR
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Alice Broadway (she/her pronouns) is a writer and creativity consultant living in Lancashire, England. Her award-winning YA series Ink, Spark and Scar have sold around the world. As a parent, carer and ADHDer Alice brings authentic compassion and encouragement to everything she does. Alice loves drinking tea in the woods, pursuing her latest weird fascination and helping people flourish.