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    Monthly Archive for: "March, 2018"
     Writing Secrets: The significance of detail
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 28, 2018

    Writing Secrets: The significance of detail

    I’m a great believer in the power of detail in creative writing. Carefully observed specific details can transform a manuscript and bring it vividly to life. That’s why I was […]

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     Monday Motivation: We’re all no more than muddles. Hooray!
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 26, 2018

    Monday Motivation: We’re all no more than muddles. Hooray!

    Paul O’Rourke is a New York dentist, and the eccentric hero of Joshua Ferris’s Man Booker short-listed novel To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. Ferris is a dazzling young […]

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     Writing Secrets: Passionate love-making? Where’s the conflict?
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 21, 2018

    Writing Secrets: Passionate love-making? Where’s the conflict?

    Without conflict, there is no story, right? It’s a truism, and one we should all know. Something disturbs the balance of life, which is where a story begins. What new […]

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     Monday Motivation: Nobody knows anything
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 19, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Nobody knows anything

    “Nobody knows anything…… Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re [...]

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     Reminder: our Creative Screenwriting course starts on Thursday 15 March
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Richard Beynon's blog, Screenwriting courses
    Posted March 14, 2018

    Reminder: our Creative Screenwriting course starts on Thursday 15 March

    I just wanted to check in with you to see if you’ve had a chance to think about joining Michele Rowe and me for our Guide to Creative Screenwriting course. […]

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     Let’s help each other make this a year for writing
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Newsletters, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 13, 2018

    Let’s help each other make this a year for writing

    Welcome to this month’s newsletter Many of our community, it seems, have earmarked 2018 as their year for writing. We’ve had so many requests for help and support, we’ve decided […]

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     Monday Motivation: Who can tell the dancer from the dance?
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 12, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

      For the past week or so I’ve feasted on a memoir called Educated by Tara Westover, a Cambridge PhD history graduate who began life as the youngest daughter of […]

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     Writing Secrets: Don’t spell things out – a lesson
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 7, 2018

    Writing Secrets: Don’t spell things out – a lesson

    If we read like writers, we’ll find lessons – on what to do and what not to do – in everything we read. I recently found this lesson in the […]

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     New screenwriting course – launch special
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 6, 2018

    New screenwriting course – launch special

    Our fresh-out-of-the-box Guide to Creative Screenwriting is a ten-week on-line course starting on 15 March. The course runs you through the essential skills required by anyone who wishes to write [...]

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     Monday Motivation: Why is conflict an essential ingredient of drama?
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 5, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Why is conflict an essential ingredient of drama?

    I’ve been wondering why conflict is that absolutely essential element of drama that we’ve always argued it is. We’ve said that conflict creates uncertainty, uncertainty creates suspense – will he [...]

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     Our Venice Retreat – just one place available
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Creative Writing Courses, Jo-Anne Richard's blog
    Posted March 4, 2018

    Our Venice Retreat – just one place available

    What would our fourth annual Venice Writing Retreat give you? That’s easy, if we quote one of our past participants, who called it “a life-changing experience”. It will certainly provide […]

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     Venice Retreat – let the magic of The Floating City inspire you
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    By All About Writing
    In Creative Writing Courses, Jo-Anne Richard's blog
    Posted March 1, 2018

    Venice Retreat – let the magic of The Floating City inspire you

    What do you need in order to write well? Think of your life: a constant round of tasks and duties. Too many things to fit in the day. And demands? […]

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    In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard examin In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard examines the crafty tricks we can learn that will improve our writing. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2022/05/16/the-daughter-of-artifice/ #MondayMotivation #writingcommunity #amwriting  #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #plot
    Ever wondered what’s in the mind of a world-beat Ever wondered what’s in the mind of a world-beating tennis player at the moment she tosses the ball in the air to serve? Find out in this week’s Monday Motivation – and what the answer means to you as a writer. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2022/05/02/banishing-self-consciousness/ #MondayMotivation #writingcommunity #amwriting #steffigraf #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice
    Check out our May newsletter: ten take-outs from Check out our May newsletter:  ten take-outs from the @LondonBookFair plus our next Creative Writing Course is starting soon, community news from @marilyncohendevilliers, @mcalpinemona and @lisaannejulien,  a reminder to sign up for one of our  writing retreats in Venice, Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls and Croatian Istria asap - they're just about full,  and announcing the winners of our flash fiction challenge. 
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    All About Writing’s latest flash fiction challen All About Writing’s latest flash fiction challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750 / £ 150 or a voucher to the same value to use on one of our courses or programmes.

Write a scene in which your character finds themselves in an unfamiliar new world. It could be the first day at a new school or job, visiting a new country or even a fantasy world. Give us a sense of the world through your character’s observations and experiences and show us how they adapt to the unfamiliar environment.

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    Richard considers the burgeoning market for audio Richard considers the burgeoning market for audio books – and reports on a talk he attended at @LBF22  with bestselling author of psychological thrillers @KLSlaterAuthor, and Lisa Howells from @crimemonthlymagazine http://ow.ly/yzSi50IOQtk#MondayMotivation #writingcommunity #londonbookfair #amwriting @audible_uk #audiobooks #audiobookstagram
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    In this week’s Monday Motivation Richard points out the simple mission that every writer is on. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2022/05/23/point-of-creative-writing/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #JohnWaters

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