Writing need not be lonely – how we can help
It’s hard to achieve your writing goals alone. It’s easy to get stuck, easy to procrastinate, easy to give up. That’s why All About Writing exists. To give everyone the […]
Ten years old … in Venice
All About Writing celebrates its tenth anniversary this September, in the city which most symbolises how far we’ve come. Here we are, mentoring our writers in the most romantic writing […]
August Newsletter: Words on water or immortal prose?
Trish and I have just spent six weeks slowly working our way down the Thames River in our narrowboat Patience. We’re on the Grand Union Canal now, moored up in […]
And the winner of the July Writing Challenge is…
Last month we dedicated our writing challenge to the creation of a creative community without borders, by sharing an international flash fiction contest, organised by the César Egido Serrano [...]
The Eleventh Month authors Q&A: Ingrid van den Berg
On a weekend in November 2016, a number of writers gathered at Temenos, in the village of McGregor in the Western Cape. In addition to the writers at Temenos, others were tethered […]
July newsletter: upcoming courses, community news, writing challenge and more
We at Allaboutwriting are celebrating creativity. Through our offerings and our news this month, we are reaching out to like-minded souls who long for something more – for the imagination […]
June writing competition winners
Here’s June’s challenge: You’ve got to the end of a journey – literal or metaphorical – and what you discover there is very different from what you anticipated. Write a scene […]
Eleventh Month authors Q&A: Merle Grace
On a weekend in November 2016, a number of writers gathered at Temenos, in the village of McGregor in the Western Cape. In addition to the writers at Temenos, others were tethered […]
Challenges and opportunities, grist to to a writer’s mill
Current and forthcoming courses and retreats Our Creative Writing Online Course kicked off on Tuesday – but it’s by no means too late to sign up for a rollicking ride […]
Upcoming courses, community news, writing competition and tips help you lose yourself in your tale of getting lost
I struggled to get the hang of friendship, as a child. Something would always shift: I would express a liking for the wrong band, or even the wrong hairband. And […]
Learn to do the thing you love, better
This month we celebrate a variety of writers whose commitment and talent has earned them a place at South Africa’s literary table. Writers who’ve learned that it’s possible to master […]
How we can help you, community successes, writing challenge results – and the new challenge
It’s what we hear most often from people who seek our help: they need to develop a daily habit of writing, and they want our support and mentoring in doing […]
