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     The Art of Literary Models: Crafting Truth in Fiction
    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted August 30, 2024

    The Art of Literary Models: Crafting Truth in Fiction

    Ever wondered why some stories feel profoundly true, even when they’re pure fiction? Welcome to the art of literary models – where we craft universes not to predict, but to illuminate the [...]

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     Hats off to our flash fiction winners!
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Writing Challenge, Writing Competitions
    Posted April 23, 2024

    Hats off to our flash fiction winners!

    Today we’re announcing the winners of both our October/November and December/January flash fiction challenges with huge apologies for the delay, but with huge congratulations too. [...]

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     Monday Motivation: a compendium of motivational spurs for writers
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    By All About Writing
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted July 26, 2021

    Monday Motivation: a compendium of motivational spurs for writers

    Richard is flat on his back after a small operation, and can’t sit up to type. A sad state of affairs for any writer. So instead of a fresh Monday Motivation this week,  we’ve compiled what [...]

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    Richard dives into the relationship between theori Richard dives into the relationship between theorists and novelists for this week’s writing motivation. 

“A theorist is trying to iron out the contradictions of his ideology so that it can be viewed as a single homogenous narrative that explains, well, everything. By contrast, a novelist is trained to sustain contradiction without prematurely resolving it. Those are very different habits of thought, and they produce very different kinds of understanding.”

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    Bonnie Espie’s latest novel, Lifting the Lid, ha Bonnie Espie’s latest novel, Lifting the Lid, has just landed in stores - so we asked her to lift the lid on her top writing skill tips.

Cut to the chase with Bonnie’s suggestions and let us know which one you’re going to implement first. 

Bonnie is part of the All About Writing mentorship programme, and Lifting the Lid is her second dark-comedic-crime novel with @jonathanball_local , now available in all good bookstores. 

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    Jo-Anne Richard’s latest newsletter takes us int Jo-Anne Richard’s latest newsletter takes us into the depths of a challenging swim - not unlike feeling lost in your writing process. The good news, is that, as writers know, real-life offers some glorious insights into our writing - and how we can adapt, or sometimes, just start again. 

Jo-Anne gives some sound advice on what to do if you’ve had to be pulled out of the water. 

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    While writing often feels like a solitary exercise While writing often feels like a solitary exercise, retreats offer us the opportunity to connect with like-minded people who understand the woes of jumping heads and POV challenges, or the frustration of plot holes, or characters who have just stopped communicating with us - if you believe they talk to you at all. 

We have two retreats left for the year, so if you feel called to fortify your writing journey with some in-person direction and motivation, do join us. 

Stow-on-the-Wold: A writing weekend in the Cotswolds | 5-7 June 2026

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    We asked South African author of the Tannie Maria We asked South African author of the Tannie Maria mysteries and @allabtwriting community member, Sally Andrew, what top three writing skills she treasures more than Tannie Maria’s rusk recipe. 

Which skill are you going to implement in your own writing?

Sally’s latest book, Wild Things Never Die, is out now at all good bookstores. 

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    #WritingAdvice #StoryCheatsheet Choose an intrigui #WritingAdvice #StoryCheatsheet
Choose an intriguing world for your story 

Readers want to know whose fortunes they’re following – but they also want to know something about the world of the hero. 
So it pays to set your story – or at least begin it – in a world somewhat different from your reader’s. 
Ann Cleeves sets her murder mysteries in the Shetlands which are just sufficiently different to be interesting in their own right. Ditto Donna Leon, who sets her murder mysteries in Venice. 
In Elmore Leonard’s Bandits we learn within the first few paragraphs that his protagonist has worked for a few months in a mortuary, and the opening scene has him watching his boss uneasily as he sucks out a client’s brains.

Want to build a tale that holds together, pulls your reader in, delivers a satisfactory climax, and burnishes your reputation as a story-teller? 
Whether you’re writing a novel, a piece of creative non-fiction or a screenplay, we’ve put together ten pointers to help light your way. 
Download the complete All About Writing’s Story Cheatsheet on our website under resources. 
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    A splash of colour for this week’s writing motiv A splash of colour for this week’s writing motivation as we celebrate the lead-up to summer. 

The theme is observation - I’ve often written about the need for writers to observe. It strikes me that true observation is about much more than watching, however. It requires patience and it demands that you look deeply. It demands that you pay attention.
Observation involves more than your eyes: it draws on memory – what is different, what has changed...

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