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Don’t panic. That’s the theme for the New Year. There was too much of that last year and it wasn’t productive. I hope that, this year, you’ve cast aside unattainable resolutions in favour of an [...]

  This January, we have courses and a free webinar to help you kickstart your writing year and reach your creative goals. Watch the video above or scroll through the option below to find [...]

A publisher once told us that, halfway through an unpublished manuscript, she tries to predict how it will end. If she succeeds, she will likely pass on the manuscript or, if there is a lot to be [...]

Feeling creatively blocked? Here’s one way out. Join us for a morning of literary fun when we present our Saturday Writing Workshop. You’ll learn how to use description to maximum [...]

This week, we’re bringing you not one but two free workshops and webinars to boost your creative spirit and help you along on your writing projects. First, join us and Pan Macmillan at [...]

Elmore Leonard famously said: Never start with the weather. “But does this mean I never, ever mention the weather at the beginning of my book?” one of our participants asked the other day. “What [...]

This is a counter-intuitive piece of writing advice.  After all, you want to get your writing out there, I know that. You do want to be read, even if only by family and friends. But I believe the [...]

We tend to associate research with non-fiction writing, and imagination with fiction. But in fact, both are required for both forms of writing. They’re closer than you might think. As writer [...]

  Join Fred de Vries, award-winning journalist and non-fiction author, for a free travel writing webinar. This is your chance to ask everything you always wanted to know about any aspect of [...]

This August through September, we’re offering various courses, workshops, and free webinars for writers of every stripe. Watch the video above or scroll through the option below to find [...]

I’ve always been fascinated by the relationship that springs into being whenever a reader picks up a book, opens it and begins the journey to which it is an invitation. Of course, this [...]

Story is woven through the fabric of human society, through our history, our customs, our institutions. It is the vector of communication and persuasion. It supports relationships. It generates [...]