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One of the participants in our Creative Writing Course responded to a dialogue exercise recently with a scene containing a domestic argument between newlyweds. It was riveting – and raw. One half [...]

“The Palazzo Falconieri stands on a promontory on one of the smaller Italian lakes…” So begins a novella by Luke Jennings called Codename Villanelle. It’s a thriller, and it could just mark the [...]

Explore the mysteries and the craft of creating story in that most charming of Cotswold market towns, Stow-on-the-Wold. Join a group of eight or ten like-minded souls for the weekend of 21 to 23 [...]

When new writers are “using all their senses” to show us a person or landscape, they often neglect smell. And yet, it’s the most evocative of our sensory experiences. Emotions and memories are [...]

Writing’s a real life changer Adalbert Ernst was passionate about English, but became an anaesthetist. It was during a period of burn-out that he realised he’d been “robbed of something [...]

I’ve been accused of being a cold fish, of imagining that a logical or intellectual argument is the right response to an emotional crisis. Well, it’s not for me to say whether the accusation [...]

Some excellent responses to our June/July challenge. Remember, we asked you to play devil’s advocate with regard to some belief you hold dear, and write a conversation in which a character argues [...]

Enjoy a bit of literary fun with All About Writing and Slow Life when we present our Creative Saturday writing workshop at Casa Labia in Muizenberg on 4 August. Be inspired by the cry of gulls as [...]

There’s been a great deal of discord about showing and telling in recent years. It’s a truism of good writing that we should always show, rather than tell. Recently, though, there’s been a [...]

All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750. Here’s the challenge: Cliff-hangers So you could think Dan Brown, at [...]