Judith Ancer and Pierre Brouard have been running Growing through Writing workshops for 18 months now. Here they take stock. Judith Ancer I trained to be a clinical psychologist and I really love my work as a psychotherapist. It isn’t always easy, and it is often tiring and sometimes really heavy-going. And I always feel … Continue reading »
- Richard Beynon Both Jo-Anne and I know that writing can be a fundamentally lonely pursuit – and that it helps to know that there’s always someone who’s interested in what you’re doing and, perhaps as important, understands how difficult it can be to do it. Most non-writers just don’t get it: agonising over which … Continue reading »
Here is a fabulous opportunity from Getaway magazine for all aspirant travel writers and photographers Get published in Getaway in our first readers’ issue We’ve come up with the idea of doing a whole issue of Getaway written and photographed by our readers – because we know you guys get around Africa more than we do. Our first-ever … Continue reading »
- Richard Beynon Screenwriting skills can of course be learned by taking a course and you can hone your craft by reading extensively, but it is as important to watch classic films and great television and to read the actual scripts. Here are a few of my personal heroes. Dennis Potter, who wrote such UK classics … Continue reading »
Q and A with Richard Beynon, Allaboutwriting co-founder, veteran scriptwriter and facilitator of the Allaboutwriting Essential Scriptwriting: The Scene workshop How did you get into writing for film and television in the first place? I worked for a well-known Johannesburg daily newspaper. A new editor was appointed, and it became very clear, within weeks, if not … Continue reading »
- David Chislett, facilitator of the Allaboutwriting Publishing Workshop. Research your market Don’t try and be what you are not Respond to feedback positively Do not dismiss any option ever Work on your writing every day Be led by business not emotion Go for the best long-term deal, not a quick fix Back up your publishing with … Continue reading »
Do you want to try your hand at travel writing? Why not get started with some of these opportunities? South Africa Become a Getaway blogger - Here is an opportunity for you if you do a lot of travelling in Southern Africa, and think you have a flair for writing and photography. Send a blog you’ve written and … Continue reading »
- Pierre Brouard Five writing tips for ‘growing through writing’ Just start – don’t over prepare. A journal is a good first step. Put your inner critic on mute – this is about growing not publishing. Be honest about your feelings – this is the time to let it all out. Reflect regularly – you … Continue reading »
- Richard Beynon Characters generate their own stories Some writers of fiction regard ideas as the gems on which their fortune will be based. I believe, on the contrary, that ideas are a dime a dozen, available in such profusion that you’re never likely to run short of them. If this proposition sounds ludicrous to … Continue reading »
Q and A with David Chislett, facilitator of the Allaboutwriting Publishing Workshop. Is it possible to make money out of writing a book if you are not J.K Rowling or John van de Ruit. Yes it is, but it requires work and for you to understand who you are selling to and how. A normal publishing … Continue reading »
