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    Monthly Archive for: "December, 2022"
     December Newsletter: Unveiling our offerings for 2023
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    By All About Writing
    In All About Writing, How to write a book, Newsletters
    Posted December 23, 2022

    December Newsletter: Unveiling our offerings for 2023

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     Monday Motivation: A final word from the oracle of things to come
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted December 20, 2022

    Monday Motivation: A final word from the oracle of things to come

    I’ve been experimenting with my friendly AI assistant– ChatGPT who I introduced last week. It/he/she has very obvious limitations, but it also takes the initiative in sometimes surprising ways. I [...]

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     Monday Motivation: Ha, ha, the joke’s on us
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted December 12, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Ha, ha, the joke’s on us

    An article in the New York Times alerted me to an existential threat confronting all writers. It’s an artificial intelligence construct called ChatGPT. The NYT calls it “quite simply, the […]

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     Monday Motivation: The writer as voyeur
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted December 5, 2022

    Monday Motivation: The writer as voyeur

    “I’m in London in a hotel listening to a couple behind me about to embark on an affair. It’s very exciting. I noted him putting his wedding ring in his […]

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     Win a free writing assessment with our December/January Flash Fiction Challenge
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    By All About Writing
    In Tips for Writers, Writing Challenge, Writing Competitions, Writing Exercises
    Posted December 1, 2022

    Win a free writing assessment with our December/January 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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    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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      Win a free writing assessment with our February/March Flash Fiction Challenge
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