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     Monday Motivation: Of mice and moral conundrums
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted September 5, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Of mice and moral conundrums

    We’ve just spent three days with friends in a remote village in the Klein Karoo. We were alerted to the plague of fieldmice they’re experiencing when a solitary mouse emerged […]

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     Monday Motivation: Buttons and hypodermic needles
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 29, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Buttons and hypodermic needles

    On Page 382 of Colm Toibin’s The Magician, a biographical novel which takes as its subject the life of one of the twentieth century’s most revered writers, the German Thomas […]

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     Monday Motivation: The colonel finds his teeth
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 22, 2022

    Monday Motivation: The colonel finds his teeth

    The curtains are drawn around the corner bed diagonally opposite me in our ward, and have been for some time. Now a plaintive cry arises from the occupant, an elderly […]

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     Monday Motivation: Blood and laughter
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 15, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Blood and laughter

    She’s loud, she could very well have had a drink or two too many – and there seems to be nothing the matter with her. Which is puzzling, since we’re […]

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     Monday Motivation: Where am I?
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 8, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Where am I?

    The patient in the bed nearest the bathroom is, of course, old. He’s also confused. “Where,” he asks in a north country accent, “am I?” The nurse at his bedside, […]

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     Monday Motivation: Love in a time of illness
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted August 1, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Love in a time of illness

    My stream of Monday ruminations was rudely interrupted a couple of months ago by illness – and an unexpected visit to the Elizabeth Ward of Bedford Hospital. Over the next […]

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     Monday Motivation: Art is the daughter of artifice
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted May 16, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Art is the daughter of artifice

    We’ve often quoted a guru who urged writers to use details that were “specific, accurate and honest”. The use of that last adjective has always puzzled me. How can a detail be “honest”? I’ve come [...]

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     Monday Motivation: The evolution of a scene
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted May 9, 2022

    Monday Motivation: The evolution of a scene

    We’ve often quoted a guru who urged writers to use details that were “specific, accurate and honest”. The use of that last adjective has always puzzled me. How can a detail be “honest”? I’ve come [...]

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     Monday Motivation: The choice between trumpets and piccolos
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted September 13, 2021

    Monday Motivation: The choice between trumpets and piccolos

    In life, we prefer to avoid conflictual situations, ducking out of confrontations, avoiding arguments, generally seeking peaceful co-existence with our fellows. In fiction, by contrast, where [...]

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     Monday Motivation: The key to great stories? Great scenes
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted September 6, 2021

    Monday Motivation: The key to great stories? Great scenes

    Life is a narrative composed of multiple overlapping stories. This is true for every one of the eight billion or so there are of us. Each of those stories can […]

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     What’s on in August through September
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, How to write a book
    Posted August 20, 2020

    What’s on in August through September

    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 [...]

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    In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard return In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard returns to George Saunders’s "A Swim in the Pond in the Rain" for a piece of profound insight into revision – and the development of a writer’s voice. http://ow.ly/iCsO50MKwyf #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
    Here's the latest in our 'hidden secrets of writin Here's the latest in our 'hidden secrets of writing' blog series, highlighting books published by past students of our Creative Writing Course or Mentoring Programme. Read an extract, check out the  writing skills and techniques we identify, and learn from the tips suggested by our analysis of the passage. Today we look at a passage from Limerence by Vincent Pienaar published by  @penguinrandon
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    What skills do you need as a writer? Here are ten What skills do you need as a writer? Here are ten skills you need to master to write compelling fiction or creative non-fiction. http://ow.ly/MX0C50MFcgT #aspiringauthors #writersofinstagram #writers #writing #amwriting #fiction #nonfiction #writingtips #writingadvice #authortips #authoradvice #writeradvice #writertips #writersecrets #writingclarity #writingcommunity #getpublished
    Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets of writing, highlighting books published by past students of our Creative Writing Course or Mentoring Programme. We'll take an extract, identify writing skills and techniques and offer a tip or two (or three) suggested by our analysis of the chosen passage. The third in the series is Brave Lotus Flower Rides the Dragon by Tracy Todd @bravelotusflower published by @tmpublishers
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    In his Monday Motivation this week, Richard explor In his Monday Motivation this week, Richard explores (with the help of a swan) the idea that the magic of art rests on the invisible scaffolding that artifice provides. http://ow.ly/3zjT50MEr7N #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
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