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Andrew Sherwood is a dead man. The last time forensic psychologist Marge Labuschagne saw him, alive, was a fraught confrontation in the benign setting of a neighbourhood fair. The scene which [...]

Our new blog series, The Hidden Secrets of Writing, will, we hope, inspire you. In this series, we showcase the books – there are over 50 of them – which have been published by past participants [...]

Fifteen years ago, I idly said to my friend, Richard (probably over a glass of wine), “You know what, we should start doing something together – something that uses both our skills.” That might [...]

Is it only me? Like Douglas Adams’ deadlines, this year seems to have left no impression but a faint whooshing sound as it flew by over my head.   Some of our community, though, have finished [...]

Newsletter – or muse-letter? A little bit of both this month because what it really is, is me trying to reassume my old position on the saddle, pick up the reins, and encourage my steed to fall [...]

Hello writers Jo-Anne has been having a wild time on our Writing Safari in Zimbabwe, Richard has been recovering from a difficult but amusing time in hospital with cellulitis, so we’ve invited [...]

Michéle Rowe, who designed and runs our ‘Screenwriting Crash Course’ course with Richard Beynon, has followed her passion for story telling from television to film to crime writing. [...]

This month we’re going to stand up for the bad guy. Not only will our new competition back him, but we thought it worth giving a little thought to the person we all love to hate. Protagonists are [...]

Part two of our Q&A with Michéle Rowe, who designed and runs our ‘How to Write a Screenplay’ course with Richard Beynon. Michéle has followed her passion for story telling from television to [...]

We are a nation of extraordinary stories, and producers and content providers are always looking for good, skilled writers to craft these into the medium of film. The question is where does an [...]