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    Monthly Archive for: "November, 2018"
     Writing Secrets: Your worst nightmare can be your greatest gift
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted November 28, 2018

    Writing Secrets: Your worst nightmare can be your greatest gift

    “See what you’ve already written as raw material.” This is the kind of advice writers dread… “What do you mean? Thousands of words of deathless prose – raw material?” Yet, […]

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     Monday Motivation: The truest joy of creation
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted November 26, 2018

    Monday Motivation: The truest joy of creation

    Here’s a thing: in our bookshop in Wigtown, south Galloway, we have, at a rough estimate, some five thousand books. They’re all second-hand, of course – and they fall into […]

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     Take the next leap on your writing journey in 2019: Mentoring applications now open
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    By All About Writing
    In All About Writing
    Posted November 23, 2018

    Take the next leap on your writing journey in 2019: Mentoring applications now open

    Tackling a book-length project can be a terrifying journey – unless you have someone to hold your hand and keep step with you. Our Mentoring Programme is tailored to each […]

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     Writing Secrets: Life is full of stories
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted November 21, 2018

    Writing Secrets: Life is full of stories

    Random events occur in our lives all the time. We make choices, we react to them, they are followed by unconnected occurrences, with no links to what came before or […]

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     Monday Motivation: The portals of the imagination
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted November 19, 2018

    Monday Motivation: The portals of the imagination

    Salley Vickers is a one-time lecturer in Shakespeare and the nineteenth century novel, among other things, a remedial teacher and a psycho-analyst specializing in helping people who are [...]

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     Writing Secrets: It’s not only words which can offend
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted November 14, 2018

    Writing Secrets: It’s not only words which can offend

    Someone I know recently had a fall-out with a relative – over words that seemed to her trivial. For a time, she couldn’t understand it at all. After all, what […]

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     November Newsletter: Don’t lose your writing fitness
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Newsletters
    Posted November 13, 2018

    November Newsletter: Don’t lose your writing fitness

    Don’t lose your writing fitness Daily writing is to writers what exercise is to athletes. Stop, and you’re in danger of becoming stiff and stilted. You lose your flexibility and […]

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     Monday Motivation: Don’t asphyxiate your story with your beliefs
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted November 12, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Don’t asphyxiate your story with your beliefs

    Novels are, first and foremost, stories. Their first job is to intrigue us, involve us, surprise us, jolt us, shock us – and entertain us. The best novels of their […]

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     Writing Secrets: If being a writer takes magic, here’s the spell
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted November 7, 2018

    Writing Secrets: If being a writer takes magic, here’s the spell

    “I need to discover whether I’m a writer or not,” one of our participants said, at the start of our new Creative Writing Course. She said it in hushed and […]

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     Monday Motivation: Writing the sentence that lingers on the tongue and in the mind…
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted November 5, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Writing the sentence that lingers on the tongue and in the mind…

    Oscar Wilde was at dinner with a group of friends when one of them delivered a little off-the-cuff bon mot of wit and elegance. Oscar exclaimed, “Oh, I wish I’d […]

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     In just fourteen days we can make you a better writer
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Tips for Writers
    Posted November 1, 2018

    In just fourteen days we can make you a better writer

    It’s a hard, lonely process growing your writing discipline… Oh shut up, you old killjoy. We don’t believe that. We’d much rather you had creative fun among like-minded companions, guided […]

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    Here’s another snapshot of life in the Elizabeth Here’s another snapshot of life in the Elizabeth Ward of Bedford Hospital, where dementia lends an aura of the deeply mysterious to everyday life – and which forms a rich bed for the observing writer. Read it in this week’s Monday Motivation. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2022/08/08/where-am-i/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation
    This week Richard shares a writing lesson learned This week Richard shares a writing lesson learned during his time in hospital. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2022/08/01/love-in-a-time-of-illness/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation
    Newsletter – or muse-letter? A little bit of bot Newsletter – or muse-letter? A little bit of both this month. Check it out for some #MondayMotivation, info on two free writing webinars, the latest congratulations to AAW alumni, a #flashfiction challenge and more.
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    And we’re back at @karooart_hotel with a group o And we’re back at @karooart_hotel with a group of writers for both a memoir writing weekend and a retreat next week. It’s not too late to join us!
    Write your story with personal guidance from two a Write your story with personal guidance from two acclaimed South African writers, @JoanneHichens (Death and the Afterparties @KaravanPress) and Jo-Anne Richards (The Innocence of Roast Chicken @PanMacmillanSA) at the iconic and inspiring @karooart_hotel where you can focus on your creativity and writing. 

Spend a weekend learning to write memoir with flair. Stay on, or join us afterward, for a week’s retreat in which you can write, think, breathe … and gain the best advice on your writing, fiction or non-fiction. 

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    A snapshot of life in a hospital ward where dementia lends an aura of the deeply mysterious to everyday life – and which forms a rich bed for the observing writer. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2022/08/08/where-am-i/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation

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    This week Richard shares a writing lesson learned during his time in hospital. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2022/08/01/love-in-a-time-of-illness/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation

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