What screenwriting can teach novelists and short story writers
Writing for the big screen (and the little screen) is very different from writing for the page – but the skill sets overlap. Two of the biggest of these overlaps […]
Enter our new challenge to sharpen your creative writing skills
All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750 or a voucher to the same value to use on one […]
Writing Secrets: It’s not only words which can offend
Someone I know recently had a fall-out with a relative – over words that seemed to her trivial. For a time, she couldn’t understand it at all. After all, what […]
Writing Secrets: It’s not boring to write “small”
One of the participants in our Creative Writing Course responded to a dialogue exercise recently with a scene containing a domestic argument between newlyweds. It was riveting – and raw. […]
Writing Secrets: It’s voice that allows us to share their highs and lows
Develop your character’s voice if you want us to share in their highs and lows, get to know them and care about them. But what does that really mean? Sure, […]
June/July Writing Challenge: Time to get opinionated (and win a literary report)
All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a mini book report on the first 5000 words of your manuscript (or detailed feedback on 5000 words of writing) worth […]
Writing Secrets: Long conversations can be boring – in life and story
It’s a perennial problem for writers – the long conversation which reveals essential information. The solution? Well, the short answer is: try to avoid them if you possibly can, [...]
Monday Motivation: Dialogue and the human condition
What do I love about Elmore Leonard’s dialogue? It’s terse, it’s droll, it’s economical. It punches above its weight. Take this sentence speech from Bandit: Jack said, “I’ve been to […]
Q&A with Angela Meadon author of Strong Medicine part 2
How do you go about developing a character? I think every major character must have certain aspects to their personality in order for them to become real in my mind, […]
