Hero’s Journey Course: Bookings now open with an early bird special!
Want rich and practical insights into structuring a story, a novel, or a memoir? Insights that’ll help you not only shape your story for best dramatic effect, but will also […]
Creative Writing Workshop: What do they do while your characters talk, and why does it matter?
Dialogue can make or break a story. How do you write a scene which doesn’t sound like a tick-tock conversation taking place in a void? Sign up for our Saturday […]
Monday Writing Motivation: A book is a machine to think with
Let’s go back to what I’ve probably devoted more of my life to than any other activity – with the possible exception of sleep, which in any event is, for […]
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 […]
Last chance to enrol for the Creative Writing Course
Our flagship Creative Writing Course kicks off on Saturday 10 April 2021. This comprehensive online creative writing course is designed to provide you with the skills and tools every writer […]
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 […]
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 […]
