Posts Tagged as ‘aspiring writers’

October 16, 2009

Character Course

Allaboutwriting hosts a Character Course in Johannesburg on 24 October 2009.

June 19, 2009

Why do we write?

Why do we write? This is a complex question with no easy answers. Do we enjoy it?
Colm Toibin says he doesn’t like it very much. AL Kennedy and Amit Chaudhuri both admitted to decidedly mixed feelings on the subject, in a piece in The Guardian UK.
According to Kennedy: “The joy of writing for a living [...]

March 23, 2009

Five Steps to Better Plots

Five Steps to Better Plots

March 3, 2009

Last chance to sign up for our Vrede Creative Retreat

We are busy finalising the details and accommodation for our Weekend Writing Retreat in Vrede. We still have a couple of places available so don’t hesitate, sign up now and get that long delayed writing project started.
Click here for more details or email us at allaboutwriting@worldonline.co.za or call Trish on 0826524643.

February 9, 2009

Are you ready to get published?

Crink is an author’s digital publishing space, where writers can publish their work, sell their content in any format and market their title by interacting with their reading public. The author is individually branded and in control of their publishing venture.

September 17, 2008

Preparing for the writers life

I sometimes imagine all the unfinished novels in drawers. All the characters who will never finish their journeys; the stories that will never draw to an end.

Perhaps that in itself could be the starting point for a story. (Just an idea.) But why is it that so many people start out on their first novel with such enthusiasm, put so much effort and time into it, and then …?