Want to give your writing an instant makeover?

Download our free editing guide today. By following a few directives, by sweating the small stuff, it is possible to transform your writing from clumsy to elegant.

Download now

Virtual Creative Writing Course

Do you doubt your ability to maintain the discipline for an online course? This way, you can learn in real-time from a tutor you can engage with and listen to. This is our famous face-to-face Creative Writing Course, offered virtually

Travel Writing Weekend

Who doesn’t want to run their own travel blog? Who wouldn’t like to decide what stories go up, and what they look like? Who doesn’t want to be his own boss? This is your chance. Over two days Fred de Vries will help you to create your very own first travel blog entry, complete with links, photographs and a neat lay out.

FIND OUT ABOUT ALL OUR COURSES

Click here to sign up to our mailing list and we’ll send you our FREE story cheatsheet.

You’ll receive our weekly Monday Motivations for writers, a monthly newsletter and writing challenge, and news of our writing courses, workshops and retreats.

Constructive feedback and mentoring

Take your writing to the next level with practical advice which is honest, but always kind

Qualified & experienced instructors

Industry professionals will guide you every step of the way, using their many years of experience

Personal & individual attention

The focus is on you. Our courses will help you hone your craft and make your writing dreams come true

Supportive & friendly community

Share the experience with fellow writers in a safe space – our online network will help build your confidence

… this course has changed lives. We all sit with “that book” lying deep within us, though most of us remain too daunted, embarrassed and just plain inept to even get the first line down. Jo-Anne and Richard have (almost … they can’t write the whole book for you!) all the answers in their wonderful, warm, nurturing and “growing” writing courses.

Ingrid van den Berg Cape Town
It wasn’t until I was introduced to All About Writing that I really began to believe in myself as a writer with purpose. In particular, All About Writing weekend writing courses and international retreats have excelled in providing facilitative, creative and productive environments in which to explore and develop one’s writing talent. Working with Jo-Anne and Richard has been an inspiration. Critical input, insight, humour and encouragement are all part of the magic.

Linda Price Stow-on-the-Wold
Discovering the Creative Writing Course has been one of the most satisfying landmarks in my life and certainly in my writing journey… [They] offer I believe an unequalled forum for prospective writers of all skill levels. I am hooked.

Clive Goodchild-Brown Cape Town
All About Writing really did help me. A great deal. I’m very proud of my association with them.

Redi Tlhabi Author of Endings and Beginnings and winner of the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award
Having sent three of my best-selling authors, Redi Tlhabi, Bonnie Henna and Gia Nicolaides, to All About Writing and having been a student myself, I would recommend the course to anyone, from an aspiring writer to an already established writer looking to refresh and hone their skills. Satisfy your hunger for creative expression whether you have serious writing ambitions or simply want to explore your creativity

Thabiso Mahlape Publisher, Jacana Media
...since attending the All About Writing course in 2010-2011 I just can’t stop writing. My first novel won an important competition in Italy in 2015 and was published this year. The thing is, that having written essays and reports all my life, I had always wanted to write fiction but didn’t think I could. I was right, of course, but Richard and Jo-Anne unlocked that urge in me. And I’m having a ball!

Enrico de Agostini Ambassador of Italy to Zimbabwe and author of Un Prosciutto e Dieci Ducati
I have gained so much knowledge, acquired many skills and been given a plethora of fine tools that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I thank you so much for your time, your inspiration, your patience and your understanding. You are the best mentors I could wish for. Thank you for sharing your profound knowledge and experience with me.

Julien Erwin Western Cape
You are extraordinary teachers. You’ve taken our writing seriously and over the past 30 days with gentle nudges you have shown us what was good and what still needed to be worked on. You’ve made us believe we could be REAL writers.

Angela van Schalkwyk Paarl
It is amazing to me how Jo-Anne and Richard both manage to constructively, honestly and in the most positive way comment on the assignments. I know that acquiring skills, any skills, does not happen overnight and one has to keep practising. To then have people supporting you in this fashion is … well, clichéd or not, priceless!

Melanie du Plessis Gauteng
A big thank you to Richard for opening up your wealth of knowledge and understanding to us. As a young filmmaker, I consider that a great legacy that you are passing on to some of us. It's an honour and a privilege.

Amukela Moyo Johannesburg
I used to think I would never be able to write anything, but All About Writing changed that thought for me… If I did it, you can do it, too. Thank you so much, All About Writing.

Portia Qubeka Johannesburg
It was perfect timing to use the retreat for planning and starting a new novel. I found the brainstorming sessions extremely useful and Richard seemed to intuitively know exactly the tone I was reaching for and helped me both with plotting and finding the little nuances that will make the story come alive.

Penny Castle, Venice Writing Retreat Author of Cure

Latest Posts

Writing Secrets: Change perspective, you change the story

So you’ve worked out a story, and you think you’re ready to start. Only, there’s one decision you haven’t made: from whose perspective should you tell the story? There’s often not an easy answer to this. Although sometimes there is – the writer simply hasn’t asked himself enough questions, such as: whose story is this? […]
Everything you ever wanted to know about travel writing.

Join Fred de Vries, award-winning journalist and non-fiction author, for a free travel writing webinar. Ask everything you’ve always wanted to know about any aspect of travel writing, from style, how to tackle a particular piece, ethical questions, how to incorporate narrative writing etc. Send your questions in advance to trish[at]allaboutwritingcourses.com with the subject line […]
Monday Motivation: Skip the conclusion and flatter your readers

Billy Wilder was one of Hollywood’s great writer-directors. He was responsible for such evergreens as Some Like it Hot, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard and many, many others. Towards the end of his career he presented a number of seminars in which he confided some of the lessons he’d learned over a lifetime in the movies. […]
Hone your writing craft with a free webinar, writing workshop or course

July and August are jam-packed with an exciting array of events. They include free webinars on travel and creative writing, short workshops, a weekend travel blogging workshop and more. Have a look below, and see which one suits you best. Free Travel Writing Webinar Join Fred de Vries, award-winning journalist and non-fiction author, for […]