InkCouragement: Dr Rachel Knightley at the Writers' Gym

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June 2025

Everything you need for public speaking, in six words
I am a professional writer, a qualified writing and confidence coach, and an absolute beginner guitarist.
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Dr Rachel Knightley
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CONGRATULATIONS Amerie!
Communication and performance wins this week
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Dr Rachel Knightley
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Investing in the Temporary
Why tastes, scents and colours aren't a waste of our money or time
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Dr Rachel Knightley
CONGRATULATIONS Writers' Gym member Stacey Warner!
...and other good things in June
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Dr Rachel Knightley

May 2025

Somewhere That's Green
Sponsored Write 2025 for Macmillan Cancer Support
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Dr Rachel Knightley
A truly great speech is NEVER perfect
Writer or reader, friend or family: we want connection, not perfection.
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Dr Rachel Knightley
Blank page? First date? Two choices.
Last Thursday on Instagram I posted three fish, and the words Aim to be interested, not interesting. The fish are a reference to David Lynch and…
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Dr Rachel Knightley
Anger: A Pitching Magic Trick
It’s rare to meet a freelance writer who’s in it for the pitching.
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April 2025

Sometimes fear is just fear. Sometimes it’s a muse in disguise.
Half my life ago, aged twenty-one and working backstage at a fringe theatre in London, I decided to “just get over” my phobia about being locked in…
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Dr Rachel Knightley
HOW to use your whole writing paint palette, WHY it helps us all if you do
In the time between Writers' Gym podcast series, I’m releasing mini-episodes on aspects of writing and creative confidence that come up for members and…
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Dr Rachel Knightley
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What we see in the dark
Was there ever an oxymoron (or any phrase) so perfect as ‘magic realism’?
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Dr Rachel Knightley
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