Free Webinar: What makes a good baddie?
Some of the best stories ever written have great antagonists. Join us on Thursday 15 April for a free webinar on writing the antagonist. Here’s your chance to ask Michele […]
Monday Writing Motivation: Provoke your reader’s curiosity
Covid has provided us with a real-life example of something critical to every form of creative writing. It has shown us how, when things stop happening, time becomes muddled and […]
You’re invited: My Octopus Teacher Storytelling Workshop
Netflix’s My Octopus Teacher has taken the world by storm. Its string of festival victories culminates now in both a Bafta and an Oscar nomination. On April 10, it will […]
Win a voucher to our courses when you enter our April/May Flash Fiction Challenge
All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750 / £ 150 or a voucher to the same value […]
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What’s on in April: Our flagship creative writing course, a free webinar, and more.
April brings you a smorgasbord of creative programmes, from our flagship Creative Writing Course, to a Saturday workshop focusing on the lessons we can learn from My Octopus Teacher, to […]
Monday Writing Motivation: We plan for the future – writers can plan for the past
Where do you begin a story? I don’t mean, where does a story begin – which is another question entirely – but where, when your goal is to tease out […]
Invitation to join our Creative Writing info session
Can we actually teach writing? What do we focus on in our Creative Writing Course? Is it worth it? Can it help you with the issues you struggle with? We […]
Monday Writing Motivation: Give your readers a bonus
Let’s fantasise for a moment. You’ve finished your book, you’ve secured an agent (you only had to write thirty-seven emails to do so), and they’ve managed to place your manuscript […]
Ready to write that book or screenplay? We can walk beside you.
Mentoring applications open now – limited places available You promised you’d start that book or screenplay this year – but you’re stuck, or have no idea where to start. Or […]
Early bird special: Forget the magic charms, we’ll get you writing
So you want to write a book? We can help. Writing is not a magical process. You don’t need to sit waiting for inspiration, while desperation rises. No need to […]
Monday Writing Motivation: Banish cliché, seek surprise
I remember, many years ago, catching the eye of a pretty girl at a party we’d thrown at our student digs. I realised that her interest in me matched my […]
Last chance! One spot left on our Creative Writing Course starting 15 March
There is one last place available on our live Creative Writing Course starting on Monday 15 March. You’ll learn in real-time via Zoom on Monday and Thursday evenings for five […]
