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Most of us agree with Garfield’s opinion on Mondays: They suck. A lot. To make Mondays just that much more enjoyable, All About Writing facilitator and teacher Richard Beynon composes a [...]

The new year could see you undertake the creative adventure of your life – and if you sign up for either—or both!—of our two signature courses before 31 December, we’ll knock ten per cent off the [...]

Face this holiday season like a true writer – become a critical observer of human nature. Record Auntie Pat‘s diatribe on the distressing nature of millennials, or her argument with Uncle Boet [...]

Our shop is full of potentially life-changing gifts—writing courses for you, or for another, that could turn 2019 into the year in which your dream of writing turns into a satisfying reality. [...]

Characters, like quarks*, come in many different flavours. There are large, silent characters, whose presence is felt but not greatly demonstrated. There are small, voluble characters that, like [...]

My partner and I have recently become addicted to The Bodyguard, a British series on Netflix. If you’re anything like us, you’re probably quite capable of becoming obsessed by a cleverly [...]

Write, daydream – and make the world a better place What we do – you and I – is not a luxury. No matter what state the world is in, don’t cut back on your creative work. It’s essential for [...]

Most narrowboats on the United Kingdom’s three thousand miles of waterways are powered by diesel engines, great hulking beasts that lurk under the rear decks of our vessels beating with muted [...]

All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750. Writing Challenge: Describe a seaside holiday house, from the [...]

Make 2019 the creative adventure of your life. Over the years we’ve designed courses that suit everyone from novices to masters. Here are our dates for 2019 – the twelfth year we’ve invited [...]

One of our participants once asked whether readers cared about characters. “But don’t they just care about a jolly-good story? An exciting plot which carries them along?” Well (we told him), the [...]

There were loads of entries for the October-November writing challenge. If you remember, we challenged you to “describe your bedroom in such a way as to give us an insight into who you are. Try [...]