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    Monthly Archive for: "February, 2023"
     Monday Motivation: Who can tell the writer from the word?
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 27, 2023

    Monday Motivation: Who can tell the writer from the word?

    I was listening recently to a programme on the radio in which musicians were talking about their relationship with their instruments. These were all professionals, leading violinists or cellists. [...]

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     The hidden secrets of writing
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, Books, Creative Writing Courses, How to write a book, Screenwriting courses, The secrets behind the practice of good writing, Tips for Writers, writers
    Posted February 21, 2023

    The hidden secrets of writing

    Andrew Sherwood is a dead man. The last time forensic psychologist Marge Labuschagne saw him, alive, was a fraught confrontation in the benign setting of a neighbourhood fair. The scene […]

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     Monday Motivation: Existential threat or brainstorm partner?
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 20, 2023

    Monday Motivation: Existential threat or brainstorm partner?

    Together with what sometimes appears to be the rest of the world, I have followed the debate around ChatGPT – the artificial intelligence search engine and chatbot –  with great […]

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     Last chance – 20% off our Screenwriting Course – ends midnight 16 February
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    By All About Writing
    In How to write a book, Invitations, Screenwriting courses
    Posted February 15, 2023

    Last chance – 20% off our Screenwriting Course – ends midnight 16 February

    This is your last chance to get a massive 20% discount on our Crash Course in Screenwriting, starting 27 February. This ten-module  course will lay a foundation of understanding of the […]

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     Free Screenwriting Webinar: All your questions answered
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    By All About Writing
    In Invitations, Newsletters, Webinars
    Posted February 13, 2023

    Free Screenwriting Webinar: All your questions answered

    Find out everything you’ve always wanted to know about writing for the screen, whether for film or television, at our free screenwriting webinar. Ask Michele Rowe and Richard Beynon, two […]

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     Monday Motivation: Marxism v. Pear Petals
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 13, 2023

    Monday Motivation: Marxism v. Pear Petals

    Frequently when we’re asked to assess someone’s manuscript, or help a writer brainstorm a story idea, we have to begin by stating a fundamental principle of fiction. It is, we […]

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     How can we help you achieve your dreams this year?
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, How to write a book, Newsletters
    Posted February 10, 2023

    How can we help you achieve your dreams this year?

    Our new blog series, The Hidden Secrets of Writing, will, we hope, inspire you. In this series, we showcase the books – there are over 50 of them – which have been published by past participants [...]

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     Lights, camera, action: our Screenwriting Crash Course starts 27 February
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    By All About Writing
    In Screenwriting courses
    Posted February 8, 2023

    Lights, camera, action: our Screenwriting Crash Course starts 27 February

    Have you ever dreamed of writing for your favourite television series, or writing an award winning screenplay? Our Crash Course in Screenwriting will get you started and arm you with a […]

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     Monday Motivation: How to inject your voice into your writing
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 6, 2023

    Monday Motivation: How to inject your voice into your writing

    I continue to mine George Saunders’s A Swim in the Pond in the Rain for practical writing wisdom, and found myself rereading a section on revision, which I think is […]

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     The hidden secrets of writing
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, Books, Creative Writing Courses, How to write a book, The secrets behind the practice of good writing, Tips for Writers, writers
    Posted February 2, 2023

    The hidden secrets of writing

    Limerence by Vincent Pienaar (Penguin Random House)* is another novel we’d like to feature in this blog series on the published books of our Creative Writing Course alumni. Nominated for […]

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     Win a free writing assessment with our February/March Flash Fiction Challenge
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    By All About Writing
    In Tips for Writers, Writing Challenge, Writing Competitions, Writing Exercises
    Posted February 1, 2023

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

    All About Writing’s latest flash fiction challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2900 / £ 170 or a voucher to the same […]

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