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     Writing Secrets: It’s not about you, it’s about your character
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Jo-Anne Richard's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted October 24, 2018

    Writing Secrets: It’s not about you, it’s about your character

    How do you feel about large forests in rural Sweden? Or deserts, for that matter, or large cities? Actually, I really don’t care what you, the writer, feel about any […]

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     Monday Motivation: Suspense in Sweden
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted August 20, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Suspense in Sweden

    I’m reading an exceptionally deft and intriguing Nordic thriller written by a distinctly unNordic former inhabitant of the East Midlands, Will Dean. It’s true, though, that he’s since married a [...]

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    Today on the blog, Richard Beynon lists 10 definit Today on the blog, Richard Beynon lists 10 definitive things every writer should know. #MondayWritingMotivation #amwriting #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity
    You're invited to a free writing webinar!⁠ .⁠ You're invited to a free writing webinar!⁠ .⁠ Join Joanne Hichens, author of recently released memoir, Death and the After Parties, and Jo-Anne Richards for a fun and motivating hour.⁠ .⁠ Register now for a fun and inspiring look into the art of writing memoir.⁠ .⁠ 9 June 2021, 16:30 UK time, 17:30 South Africa Time⁠ .⁠ Link in bio!
    Today on the blog, Richard Beynon talks taking cri Today on the blog, Richard Beynon talks taking criticism. #MondayWritingMotivation #amwriting #writersofinstagram
    Today on the blog, Richard Beynon talks taking cri Today on the blog, Richard Beynon talks taking criticism.
    "If, as a reader, you don’t believe that a chara "If, as a reader, you don’t believe that a character is capable of a given act, then you might as well toss the book aside and look for something you can believe in." #MondayWritingMotivation #amwriting #writersofinstagram
    Here's a tip to give your writing the extra edge w Here's a tip to give your writing the extra edge when you enter our April/May Writing 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 to use on one of our courses or programmes.⁠ ⁠ Your character is working with a new colleague, who has only recently been employed. In the course of this scene, we (your readers) should begin to suspect that the colleague is not human at all, but a robot. Don’t spell this out to us. Give us the details which raise our suspicions. Your character may or may not yet interpret these clues correctly.⁠ ⁠ Write no more than 250 words. Submit your entry online via our website by midnight on 31 May 2021. Entry is free.
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    You’re invited: Free memoir writing webinar with Joanne Hichens https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2021/06/07/youre-invited-free-memoir-writing-webinar-with-joanne-hichens/

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