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The blank page, the even blanker screen, can act as a profoundly inhibiting factor in the life of a writer. The blank page invites you to write… whatever you like. […]

… Then now’s the time to do something about writing it. You’ve been wanting to start for months, perhaps years. Perhaps you’ve written the first few pages of it. Sometimes […]

My mother didn’t allow us to use the word “bored”. She said there was always something to do, or think about. We could read, climb a tree, watch insects or […]

Whenever we sit down to write about characters we’ve invented or “borrowed” (I prefer to say, “stolen”) from people in what we loosely believe is the “real world”, we’re actually […]

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 […]

Here’s the scenario.* It’s a complicated one, but bear with me, because the question that’ll follow it** is challenging: Your hero, Pierre, an advocate for the high court, is in […]

If last year taught us anything, it was that nothing should be taken for granted. Remember when we hankered just for a trip to the supermarket? Well, don’t let’s take […]

Christopher Vogler wrote a book called The Writer’s Journey, which introduces writers of all stamps – but particularly screenwriters – to the mysteries of The Hero’s Journey, Joseph Campbell’s [...]

New year, new writing webinars! Our regular free writing webinars were a great hit in 2020, and we’re excited to tell you that we’ll be holding them monthly in 2021. […]

One of the highlights of our 2020 was developing our new Hero’s Journey Course. It strikes us, though, that as we emerge fitfully from this year of the plague, we’re […]

For over seven years, Richard Beynon, co-founder of All About Writing and designer and facilitator of our Creative Writing Course, our screenwriting courses, and more, has motivated you with his [...]

All About Writing co-founder Jo-Anne Richards is the designer and facilitator of many of our courses including our flagship Creative Writing Course and our popular Saturday Writing Workshops She [...]