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    Monthly Archive for: "August, 2022"
     Stop putting off your writing and join us on our Venice retreat
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    By All About Writing
    In Creative Writing Courses, Invitations, Newsletters
    Posted August 30, 2022

    Stop putting off your writing and join us on our Venice retreat

    We know it can be difficult to find the time or the motivation to write with all the stress and distractions of everyday life. Do you often promise yourself that you will eventually get to that [...]

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     Monday Motivation: Buttons and hypodermic needles
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 29, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Buttons and hypodermic needles

    On Page 382 of Colm Toibin’s The Magician, a biographical novel which takes as its subject the life of one of the twentieth century’s most revered writers, the German Thomas […]

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     How can the Hero’s Journey® course help you in your writing project
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    By Michele Rowe
    In How to write a book, Invitations, Newsletters, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 22, 2022

    How can the Hero’s Journey® course help you in your writing project

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     Monday Motivation: The colonel finds his teeth
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 22, 2022

    Monday Motivation: The colonel finds his teeth

    The curtains are drawn around the corner bed diagonally opposite me in our ward, and have been for some time. Now a plaintive cry arises from the occupant, an elderly […]

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     August Newsletter: There’s still time to get unstuck
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, How to write a book, Newsletters
    Posted August 19, 2022

    August Newsletter: There’s still time to get unstuck

    Is it only me? Like Douglas Adams’ deadlines, this year seems to have left no impression but a faint whooshing sound as it flew by over my head.   Some of […]

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     Winners of the June/July Flash Fiction Challenge
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    By All About Writing
    In Newsletters, Writing Challenge
    Posted August 18, 2022

    Winners of the June/July Flash Fiction Challenge

    For our June/July Flash Fiction Challenge you were asked to write a scene in which a young child plays alone with a favourite toy. We received a bucketful of entries […]

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     Want to learn the story-telling template used by great screenwriters like George Lucas? Join our Hero’s Journey course today.
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    By All About Writing
    In How to write a book, Invitations, Newsletters, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 18, 2022

    Want to learn the story-telling template used by great screenwriters like George Lucas? Join our Hero’s Journey course today.

    Run by seasoned screenwriters and storytellers, Richard Beynon and Michele Rowe, our Hero’s Journey® Writing Course takes the storytelling model developed by Joseph Campbell and used by great [...]

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     Monday Motivation: Blood and laughter
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 15, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Blood and laughter

    She’s loud, she could very well have had a drink or two too many – and there seems to be nothing the matter with her. Which is puzzling, since we’re […]

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     Monday Motivation: Where am I?
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 8, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Where am I?

    The patient in the bed nearest the bathroom is, of course, old. He’s also confused. “Where,” he asks in a north country accent, “am I?” The nurse at his bedside, […]

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     Win a free writing assessment with our August/September Flash Fiction Challenge
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    By All About Writing
    In Tips for Writers, Writing Challenge, Writing Competitions, Writing Exercises
    Posted August 2, 2022

    Win a free writing assessment with our August/September Flash Fiction Challenge

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

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     Monday Motivation: Love in a time of illness
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 1, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Love in a time of illness

    My stream of Monday ruminations was rudely interrupted a couple of months ago by illness – and an unexpected visit to the Elizabeth Ward of Bedford Hospital. Over the next […]

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    Congratulations to the winner of our October/Novem Congratulations to the winner of our October/November Flash Fiction Challenge,  @jenhwithers.  And the runners-up: Patricia Groenwald, Helen Niven, Angela Martinescu,  @ivan_brown and Caroline Harmer. http://ow.ly/aMsn50MB4cn

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    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 Program.  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 first in the series is #pleasuresoftheharbours by #adamkethro published by @tmpublishers
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    In this first Monday Motivation of 2023, Richard c In this first Monday Motivation of 2023, Richard considers that essential element of every memorable story: Voice. What precisely is it, and how do you develop it? http://ow.ly/Tr1N50MxoPq  #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
    You don’t have to spend 20 years learning to be You don’t have to spend 20 years learning to be the best writer you can be. Our flagship Creative Writing Course contains everything we wish we’d known when we were starting out as writers. http://ow.ly/iLt450Mv2uA 
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    Achieve your writing dreams with the help of an in Achieve your writing dreams with the help of an inspiring and supportive community. Join our Writers' circle today! http://ow.ly/bFRR50MrNi4 #amwriting #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #writingmotivation #writersofinstagram
    How can we help you achieve your writing goals for How can we help you achieve your writing goals for 2023? Whoever you are, and no matter what your writing goals are, we are sure we have just the thing to help you get and stay on track to achieve your writing goals this year. http://ow.ly/QJCV50MnXLp #amwriting #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #writingmotivation #writersofinstagram
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      Winners of the October/November Flash Fiction Challenge
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