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    Monthly Archive for: "March, 2019"
     Writing Secrets: Who cares if you feel it – just make sure we do
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 27, 2019

    Writing Secrets: Who cares if you feel it – just make sure we do

    There’s a distinction that writers need to make before they become great. It was a point I made in a university course I taught recently – and I think it […]

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     Monday Motivation: The terror of sharing your writing
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 25, 2019

    Monday Motivation: The terror of sharing your writing

    The dough of a particular variety of wholewheat bread is almost liquid. It slips between your fingers, it makes unexpected lunges for the edge of your working surface, it resists […]

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     Writing Secrets: Never rush a fight
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 20, 2019

    Writing Secrets: Never rush a fight

    Fights, or action sequences, which involve many peripheral characters, are difficult to write well. We have a tendency to rush them. We give the results of the clash, rather than […]

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     Discover the secret to writing great stories in Stow-on-the-Wold
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    By All About Writing
    In Creative Writing Courses
    Posted March 19, 2019

    Discover the secret to writing great stories in Stow-on-the-Wold

    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 like-minded souls for the weekend of 7 to 9 June. […]

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     Monday Motivation: What great writing does to readers
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 18, 2019

    Monday Motivation: What great writing does to readers

    Writers are God, we rather fatuously proclaim. We can do anything – bring characters to life, destroy them at will, have Fate take a hand in the affairs of men. […]

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     Writing Secrets: Grand realisations – lesson from a master
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 13, 2019

    Writing Secrets: Grand realisations – lesson from a master

    Every now and again, a character has a realisation which changes everything. It hits him between the eyes and forces him to view things in a completely new light. Since […]

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     March Newsletter: What draws us to write about our travels?
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, Newsletters, Writing Challenge
    Posted March 12, 2019

    March Newsletter: What draws us to write about our travels?

    What draws us to write about our travels? What is it about travel writing that is so beguiling? We, at All About Writing, receive almost daily queries from members of […]

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     Monday Motivation: The secret’s in the specificity
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    By Richard Beynon
    In All About Writing, Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 11, 2019

    Monday Motivation: The secret’s in the specificity

    George Sanders, winner of the Man Booker in 2017 for his Lincoln in the Bardo, and author of several books of astonishing short stories, makes an important point about detail […]

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     Writing Secrets: What does it mean to be a writer?
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 6, 2019

    Writing Secrets: What does it mean to be a writer?

    One of our mentoring participants sent me this quote recently and it resonated: “Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But […]

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     Monday Motivation: You must obey the rules of writing, unless you don’t
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted March 4, 2019

    Monday Motivation: You must obey the rules of writing, unless you don’t

    Writing has rules, yes? Rules of punctuation. Rules of grammar. Rules regarding cause before effect (the first should come before the second). Rules regarding point of view. Rules regarding [...]

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    In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard return In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard returns to George Saunders’s "A Swim in the Pond in the Rain" for a piece of profound insight into revision – and the development of a writer’s voice. http://ow.ly/iCsO50MKwyf #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
    Here's the latest in our 'hidden secrets of writin Here's the latest in our 'hidden secrets of writing' blog series, highlighting books published by past students of our Creative Writing Course or Mentoring Programme. Read an extract, check out the  writing skills and techniques we identify, and learn from the tips suggested by our analysis of the passage. Today we look at a passage from Limerence by Vincent Pienaar published by  @penguinrandon
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    What skills do you need as a writer? Here are ten What skills do you need as a writer? Here are ten skills you need to master to write compelling fiction or creative non-fiction. http://ow.ly/MX0C50MFcgT #aspiringauthors #writersofinstagram #writers #writing #amwriting #fiction #nonfiction #writingtips #writingadvice #authortips #authoradvice #writeradvice #writertips #writersecrets #writingclarity #writingcommunity #getpublished
    Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets of writing, highlighting books published by past students of our Creative Writing Course or Mentoring Programme. We'll take an extract, identify writing skills and techniques and offer a tip or two (or three) suggested by our analysis of the chosen passage. The third in the series is Brave Lotus Flower Rides the Dragon by Tracy Todd @bravelotusflower published by @tmpublishers
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    Writers love deadlines, don't they? Last minute de Writers love deadlines, don't they? Last minute deadlines... Enter our December/January Flash Fiction Challenge by midnight on 31 January and stand a chance to win 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. Good luck!

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    In his Monday Motivation this week, Richard explor In his Monday Motivation this week, Richard explores (with the help of a swan) the idea that the magic of art rests on the invisible scaffolding that artifice provides. http://ow.ly/3zjT50MEr7N #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
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