Posts Tagged as ‘first novel’

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.

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 …?