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    Monthly Archive for: "October, 2022"
     Monday Motivation: The serious business of being playful
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 31, 2022

    Monday Motivation: The serious business of being playful

    Writing is a serious business, wouldn’t you say? It requires that you shed your defences and dig down deep to mine seams of memory and emotion. It requires that you […]

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     Monday Motivation: The solution to a milquetoast story
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 24, 2022

    Monday Motivation: The solution to a milquetoast story

    For obvious reasons, we usually spend a great deal of time thinking about the protagonist of our stories. He or she is unambiguously our Hero. But we don’t spend as […]

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     Monday Motivation: People watching in Venice
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 17, 2022

    Monday Motivation: People watching in Venice

    Writers observe. Their observations serve as the foundations on which characters are built and stories developed. We’re in Venice at the moment on our annual retreat – rudely interrupted by […]

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     Early bird special: 20% discount ending soon!
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    By Emma Hutton
    In How to write a book, Invitations, Newsletters
    Posted October 14, 2022

    Early bird special: 20% discount ending soon!

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

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     You’re invited: Stow-on-the-Wold Writing Weekend
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    By Emma Hutton
    In Creative Writing Courses, Invitations
    Posted October 13, 2022

    You’re invited: Stow-on-the-Wold Writing Weekend

    We’re delighted to announce the dates for our Stow-on-the-Wold Writing Weekend. We invite you to join us to explore the mysteries and the craft of creating story with a group […]

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     Monday Motivation: Ten steps to a compelling character
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 10, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Ten steps to a compelling character

    Once in a while, when I have the time, I allow myself the luxury of writing an extremely abbreviated Monday Motivation. I was trawling through old notes of mine and […]

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     Monday Motivation: Unhappy families
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 3, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Unhappy families

    “So who was Alan? Is he your cousin, or your brother-in-Law?” Laura said, clearly perplexed. “Neither,” I said. “He was my second cousin. Thomas’s son.” “Was? Won’t he be at […]

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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 Tips for Writers, Writing Challenge, Writing Competitions, Writing Exercises
    Posted October 1, 2022

    Win a free writing assessment with our October/November 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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    What can a gander and his dame, and a clutch of go What can a gander and his dame, and a clutch of goose eggs, teach us about an important strategy of story telling? You can find out in this week’s Monday Motivation.
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    We learned so much at this year's fantastic @londo We learned so much at this year's fantastic @londonbookfair 📚 these were our top takeaways - which one is your favourite? Let us know in the comments 😊 

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    In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard spells In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard spells out the logic behind his conclusion that complacency is one of our greatest enemies. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2023/05/08/enemy-of-good-writing/  #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram #writingmotivation
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