Do you feel a burning, not-to-be-denied desire to explore your creativity amidst a group of like-minded people all equally passionate about and committed to writing? Continue reading »
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What is the secret to successful story-telling?
What is the secret to successful story-telling? Compelling characters, a story that fairly whizzes along, an opening that intrigues or charms? Continue reading »
Join us at the Jozi Book Fair
Allaboutwriting will be at the Jozi Book Fair this weekend celebrating the joys of reading and writing. Continue reading »
Take Advantage of our Late-Bird Discount
Write that story of your family that you’ve always wanted to preserve for posterity. Write that memoir of your childhood that you’d love your grandchildren to read one day. Or compose that biography of someone you’ve always greatly admired and wish to hold up as an example in these troubled not to say straitened times. Continue reading »
Test your imagination with this writing exercise
Here’s a writing trigger that we stumbled upon on the internet. Suggested by writer Yvette Amarlyse, it’s a prompt designed to catapult you out beyond the fences that, unknowingly, you’ve erected around you. Continue reading »
Character Course
Allaboutwriting hosts a Character Course in Johannesburg on 24 October 2009. Continue reading »
The Character Course blends psychology and writing
Sometimes it takes a shrink to work out what really makes a person tick – even if that person is a fictional character in the mind of a writer. Psychologist Pierre Brouard thinks he is probably the first of his profession to be involved in running a writing course. He is co-convenor of a regular … Continue reading »
Celebrate Valentines Day by learning to write romance
To celebrate both our birthday and the most romantic day of the year we are offering one third off the purchase price of our Guide to Writing Romance. Continue reading »
Satisfy your creative impulse
The next Writers’ Circle begins on Monday, January 18 in Parkview, Johannesburg. The group will meet for two-and-a-half hours every Monday for 10 weeks, ending on March 22. It is designed to serve would-be writers of fiction, non-fiction or even screenplays. Continue reading »
Writers’ Circle Course Early Bird Special
Our first Writers’ Circle Course for 2010 starts on 18 January. The course is designed for writers who have a specific project in mind as well as for those who simply want the chance to exercise their creative skills. The Writers’ Circle Course runs participants through a range of practical techniques, reinforcing each with exercises … Continue reading »
