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Here you will find a selection of pieces written during my MA in Travel and Nature Writing (with one that's snuck in from my BSc). They cover a variety of styles and subjects, so I hope you find something you enjoy!

Abi Starr

Apr 10, 2020
2 min

Trapped.

This piece stems from my being under coronavirus lockdown. This is such a lovely time of year to be getting out and about, but I'm left w...

Abi Starr

Feb 11, 2020
3 min

The wood mouse

Here's a piece I've recently written to include in my end of year portfolio. It's inspired by one of my main undergraduate lecturers who ...

Abi Starr

Feb 2, 2020
14 min

Madagascar Diaries (before edit)

Here's a piece I've recently submitted, an embellished form of the diary I wrote whilst in Madagascar in 2018. The word count for this as...

Abi Starr

Jan 2, 2020
3 min

Canal walk 24th October 2019

This was written from notes taken on a walk along our familiar stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Somewhere I've visited throughout my...

Abi Starr

Jan 2, 2020
3 min

Nocturnal wildlife

I enjoyed writing this as part of a longer piece of work. I'm really getting in to bats lately and hope to one day have my license to wor...

Abi Starr

Jan 2, 2020
4 min

Urban birds

A longer piece that I wrote as part of an assignment. I really do love writing in this way! My tutor says it can get a bit listy, somethi...

Abi Starr

Jan 2, 2020
1 min

Texture

I was quite daunted when we were given this brief, as I consider myself a very visual person. Luckily, I also have quite a good imaginati...

Abi Starr

Jan 2, 2020
2 min

A special place

Our next brief was to write a piece based around a place that is special to us. The notebook featured here is real and I had it with me a...

Abi Starr

Nov 27, 2019
2 min

Sound

Here's an edited version of the very first piece we were asked to write for the course, at the first residential at Corsham Court, back i...

Abi Starr

Oct 22, 2019
6 min

Unsung heroes

I wrote this piece during the second year of my undergraduate degree for a science publishing module. I'm really fond of it - this is the...