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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Kicking The Machine is very angry and very peaceful. It’s a song about getting out alive, moving on and knowing you deserve better than you gave yourself. artists.landr.com/991048754416

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If there’s one thing I always wanted The Writers’ Gym to help writers discover, it’s what Sue Bentley expresses here. It’s not about waiting to feel like a writer. It’s about taking the opportunities: doing what’s in front of you, as truly as you can.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Two of my lovely LAMDA Exams clients are celebrating today… 🎉Congratulations Shravya and Sharanya! 🎉 Distinctions for Grade 6 Reading for Performance and Grade 3 Speaking in Public). So well deserved ❤️ #lamdaexams #coaching #communication performance

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My extended ode to Michael Palin, in this month’s Psychologies Magazine.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Healthy boundaries, where we’re neither afraid nor think we’re ’not allowed’ to share what we want with the world, isn’t the lesson you might associate with songwriting. But, as I’ve often said, the best writing advice is never about writing.’ www.psychologies.co.uk/blog/it-was-...

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It was never about growing up or growing old. It's always about growing.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

What you can’t do today like you could in sensible weather, that’s not a failing in you. It’s an ability to listen to your body. Things won’t always feel like this. Do what you can. Take regular breaks between. Write reminder notes to future you. Drink lots of water. [See also: every other day.]

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Yesterday on a hot, crowded train, I opened my messages this. I’m sharing it partly because I’m proud of it. But mainly I’m sharing the reminder it can make someone’s day when we take time to say what they created reached us, and stayed with us. Thank you, Kim 😊

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A phrase I love that really, really irritates a lot of people: “It is what it is.” It’s the antithesis of overthinking. I love what it says to anxiety, writing and the gap between what’s in my head and what’s actually made it to the page. What phrase do you love that annoys others?

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Fear says ‘What if it’s weird?’ Curiosity says ‘What if weird is wonderful?’ At the Writers’ Gym this week, award-winning author Helen Marshall @manuscriptgal.bsky.social shares how the fear of weird has been replaced by its celebration as her life and art have grown with her interests.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Horror legend @ramseycampbell.bsky.social joins me on the Writers’ Gym Podcast this week. Ramsey explores the process of writing every day and how endings still have the power to jump out of the dark and surprise him…

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We’re back! With a secret prequel… Before our first-Friday-of-the-month sessions begin in June, join Barnes Writers’ Gym Friday 15 May for coffee, community and creative exploration. As we’re hosted by an exclusive members’ club, booking is essential. Visit writersgym.com/events

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

We have a new digital home! Rachel Knightley Coaching is here: Rachelknightleycoaching.com Hello@rachelknightleycoaching.com Sign up for InkCouragement: drrachelknightley.substack.com Visit the Writers’ Gym on any podcast platform or at writersgym.com

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Well, this is annoying. And mysterious. The company hosting my author website/email has all fallen offline today. I’d planned moving email to the new website, just this soon or all at once! So that’s happening today. For now, please use drrachelknightley@gmail.com for anything and everything.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It is a really nice feeling looking at a new website and feeling like you truly see who you are and what you do. www.rachelknightleycoaching.com

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Red Dwarf co-creator @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social joins the Writers’ Gym this week, just as we celebrate 10,000 downloads. Doug talks about the power of a real deadline, commitment to your own imagination and sense of humour — and his co-writing gestalt-entityhood with the much-missed Rob Grant.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Finish things. THEN have a go at yourself for it not being perfect. Because then at least it gets to BE… Download @lavietidhar.bsky.social on The Writers' Gym wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

‘What being homeless taught me about home’ charts Lucy’s beginning as a foster child who fell off the ‘care cliff’ at 16 and faced adulthood not knowing a home without an expiry date. All her advocacy, TedX and founder of Lawyers Who Care began here. I’m enormously proud to be her writing coach.

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What being homeless taught me about home

Turning home from a concept into a reality

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

At Barnes Bookshop with team @uni-roehampton.bsky.social @urlibrary.bsky.social celebrating @carolinesharples.bsky.social’s The Long Death of Adolf Hitler. This unique cultural history, rightly and impressively, gives no visuals of him or them.Great, thoughtful work from @yalepress.bsky.social

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

‘You find out what you wanted to say in the process of writing it.’ @xaldanareyes.bsky.social on The Writers' Gym Podcast, celebrating the process: giving ourselves freedom to discover along the way, rather than staying too attached to what we thought we were doing before we picked up the pen.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A very happy Twin Peaks Day to all who celebrate ❤️🖤

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This week on the podcast I’m with @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social talking about writing, not writing, post-pandemic unmasking and the importance of a writing life that reflects who you — truly and uniquely — are. Join us at The Writers’ Gym wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

May we have a moment for Magic the Labrador? I loved my whole experience of Bloody Barnes at OSO Arts Centre, particularly seeing @sophiehannah.bsky.social, but the icing on the cake is having this lovely dog as co-MC.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Writer’s block: the price we pay for knowing just how much there is to say. A brilliant discussion with Jenny Rogers on The Writers’ Gym Podcast this week.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Beautiful quote about the practical importance of finding the fun. A pleasure and a privilege to have Alison Littlewood on The Writers' Gym Podcast this week. Download from anywhere podcasty now.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Forget fake it till you make it: show up until you realise you were ALWAYS worthy (and maybe that everyone else is just as scared!). The stories we tell ourselves show up in the smallest choices. A joy to talk to creative director and voice of Little Lies Jade Robertson on The Writers’ Gym Podcast.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

“Everybody has a well of hurt and darkness somewhere... but don't get the opportunity to use that for their own creativity. I… was able to turn moments of having been frightened into being frightening — but in my own way… doing whatever I could to make the darkness sparkle.” Tim Curry

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

For anyone panicking about their career instead of discovering it, one surprising step at a time: The Writers’ Gym Podcast brings you @ashley999thorpe.bsky.social (Uncanny @dannyrobins.bsky.social, Borley Rectory). Animator, filmmaker, writer, horror fan, fellow disciple of Kermit the Frog…

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative fiction. This month, we asked writing and confidence coach @drrachelknightley.bsky.social to help our members get ready for a new year of creativity. britishfantasysociety.org/ask-an-exper...

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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Some wise words in this month's Ask an Expert column - thanks @drrachelknightley.bsky.social!

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A truly lovely beginning to Christmas/continuation of Chanukah with the freelancers tribe. Thank you so much for arranging, @annodracula.bsky.social ❤️

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

FB words of @timlebbon.bsky.social about The Writers’ Gym Podcast: “It was so much fun chatting with Rachel Knightley for The Writers' Gym podcast, check it out!! Features horror, imposter syndrome, and cake.” I feel seen 😁

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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

@drrachelknightley.bsky.social is in the expert hot seat for the BFS this month, ready and waiting to help you get your creative 2026 off to a great start 💪🏻

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The brilliant @joannechocolat.bsky.social joins me at the Writers’ Gym to talk all things writing and the healthy habits that get us out of our own way and into our stories. Download us from Monday 1 January wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Thank you @nawewriters.bsky.social headlined by @naomialderman.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at this year’s conference, Inspiring Writing. Write, Speak, Connect celebrated how freedom, permission & creativity start with our work with ourselves, and support every other writer we work with.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The past tense on Twitter was ‘tweeted’. So, when I’ve posted here, have I ‘blueskid’?

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Catherine Hill @ctjhill.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Yes, that'd be us. The small suitcase proved heavier than expected when being lifted to the overhead shelf.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Symbols are SO personal, whether we’re discovering characters in the world or in our heads. I’ll never forget the LOOK I got when I tried explaining to the wrong person the skull on my scarf was a positive symbol for me. But it is. We’re here now.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

So who else is on a train returning from @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social carrying many, MANY more books than they arrived with? #worldfantasycon

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Enormously proud to report Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 for Macmillan Cancer Support reached £1815. Proofreading by Writers’ Gym members Bella and Truett today; digital anthology by Steve for all our sponsors tomorrow. Thanks @rhi.bsky.social for a fab title and all who wrote or sponsored 💚

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

We’ve nearly doubled our intended total — and I’ve sneakily left the page open so you can still secure the world-exclusive new writing anthology by donating any amount to Macmillan tonight. Thank you @rhi.bsky.social for a glorious title. www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...

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Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 for Macmillan Cancer Support

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Not a truly indicative picture of my tube-strike journey — but ALMOST made it worth it.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

18 October: we write. 19 October: we edit. 20 October: world-exclusive anthology published, all for Macmillan Cancer Support. @sarahbrooks.bsky.social @rhi.bsky.social @rozkaveney.bsky.social @katharineorton.bsky.social

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Sarah Brooks @sarahbrooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Honoured to be involved in this year's Sponosored Write, on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support, along with a whole gaggle of amazing writers!

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

We have a beautiful title from @rhi.bsky.social this year and, as ever, 48 hours from creation to publication all for Macmillan Cancer Support. Grab your world-exclusive anthology by 18 October at justgiving.com/page/somewhere-thats-green

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Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I very much enjoyed talking with @drrachelknightley.bsky.social for her brilliant writing podcast series. I'm not sure if I said anything useful, but all her questions are thoughtful and interesting.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Wise and generous creative insights from multiple-BAFTA-winning screenwriter, director and producer @danberlinka.bsky.social, joining me on The Writers’ Gym today. Follow or download wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Getting to know yourself as a writer — and becoming the writer that helps other writers along the way. Find Priya Sharma talking to me about writing, life, and finding what works for us on The Writers’ Gym this week, wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

And my vote for ‘Most Ironic Book to Stand Your York Ghost Merchants Boo On’ goes to…

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