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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]