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Humour is an indispensable ingredient of creative writing – and yet it’s a subject that is very seldom raised in writing courses or in books on creative writing. It enlivens dialogue, adds a [...]

Today, 9 August, marks Women’s Day in South Africa, where half of our team is based and where (in normal times) many of our courses and workshops take place. It’s a day to celebrate women, [...]

Most writers start off as readers, and lovers, of good books. In his recent Monday Motivation blog posts, Richard has been sharing the lessons he has drawn from a reread of Tolstoy’s Anna [...]

Beginnings are exciting because you’re establishing the characters you’ve been developing, and, launching your great ideas. Middles are hard work because you need to keep people interested [...]

What is the purpose of travel writing? To put into words the things you have seen and experienced on a journey from A to B, which can be physical but also mental. The great travel writer Paul [...]

We’ve decided, through the lock-down, and perhaps beyond, to run a series of free webinars to keep you going through these interesting times. We’re holding the next one on Wednesday 8 April at [...]

Last week All About Writing held a Story Development webinar that attracted so many participants we had to upgrade our webinar capacity to cope with you all. We’ve decided, through the lock-down, [...]