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     Monday Motivation: One scene, many objectives
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 25, 2021

    Monday Motivation: One scene, many objectives

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     Monday Motivation: How to write when you’re completely out of it
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 18, 2021

    Monday Motivation: How to write when you’re completely out of it

    I have been fighting – rather feebly – a bad cold all week. It has left me a little whacked – and a little frustrated. What to write about when […]

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     Monday Motivation: The Writing Instincts of D.H. Lawrence
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 11, 2021

    Monday Motivation: The Writing Instincts of D.H. Lawrence

    It’s a perennial question – and it came up again on the webinar we hosted last week in The Hero’s Journey. What is more desirable: that you plan your story […]

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     Less 20% early bird special: offer ends midnight 6 October
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    By All About Writing
    In How to write a book, Invitations, Newsletters
    Posted October 6, 2021

    Less 20% early bird special: offer ends midnight 6 October

    This is your last chance to take advantage of our early bird specials of less 20% for either our Hero’s Journey® Writing Course or our real-time Creative Writing Course. The offer ends […]

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     Free Hero’s Journey® Storytelling Webinar: Hone your writing skills
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    By All About Writing
    In How to write a book, Newsletters, Webinars
    Posted October 5, 2021

    Free Hero’s Journey® Storytelling Webinar: Hone your writing skills

        All About Writing’s Hero’s Journey® Webinar will examine the insights that Joseph Campbell developed into story and character and the template he developed from these [...]

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     Monday Motivation: An eternal question: plot or characters?
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 4, 2021

    Monday Motivation: An eternal question: plot or characters?

    Whatever creative narrative you’re writing, the challenge is to establish a balance between character and story. Readers are happy if the writer uses story simply as the washing line on […]

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     Win a free writing assessment with our October/November Flash Fiction Challenge
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    By All About Writing
    In How to write a book, Newsletters, Writing Challenge
    Posted October 1, 2021

    Win a free writing assessment with our October/November Flash Fiction Challenge

    All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750 / £ 150 or a voucher to the same value […]

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