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     Monday Motivation: Succumbing to the infinite charms of Venice
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted February 7, 2022

    Monday Motivation: Succumbing to the infinite charms of Venice

    Six years ago I sat at a table at All’Armoria, a restaurant perched on the lip of the quay overlooking the Guidecca Canal in Venice enjoying the late summer sun […]

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     Need some inspiration to get writing?
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    By Richard Beynon
    In All About Writing, Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted September 13, 2018

    Need some inspiration to get writing?

    Need some instant inspiration to get writing? Who doesn’t. Here are ten of our Monday Motivations, all focusing on story, sure to spur you on. Read them all at once, […]

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     Let’s help each other make this a year for writing
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Newsletters, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 13, 2018

    Let’s help each other make this a year for writing

    Welcome to this month’s newsletter Many of our community, it seems, have earmarked 2018 as their year for writing. We’ve had so many requests for help and support, we’ve decided […]

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     Our Venice Retreat – just one place available
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Creative Writing Courses, Jo-Anne Richard's blog
    Posted March 4, 2018

    Our Venice Retreat – just one place available

    What would our fourth annual Venice Writing Retreat give you? That’s easy, if we quote one of our past participants, who called it “a life-changing experience”. It will certainly provide […]

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     Monday Motivation: Here’s an addiction worth cultivating
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted January 22, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Here’s an addiction worth cultivating

    I often contemplate the power of habitual behaviour. I observe it daily in our cats. One habitually sits with his front paws – I tend to think of them as […]

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     Writing Secrets: There’s a time to write and a time … to contemplate
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted January 17, 2018

    Writing Secrets: There’s a time to write and a time … to contemplate

    There is a time when writing requires contemplation for ideas to coalesce. To write you need sometimes to daydream; to allow your thoughts to roam aimlessly. But this is dangerous […]

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     Monday Motivation: Oh what stories you could tell
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted January 15, 2018

    Monday Motivation: Oh what stories you could tell

    Were you anticipating 2018 with any relish? We usually do look forward to the new year with some degree of excited anticipation. The world conspires to encourage us to do […]

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     Writing Secrets: Keep staring at the screen
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Tips for Writers
    Posted January 10, 2018

    Writing Secrets: Keep staring at the screen

    Stare at the screen. That’s my advice for the week. I know, holidays are over, we’re all back at work and now we’re faced with the reality of those good […]

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     Monday Motivation: Why do we write? Let me count the ways
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted November 6, 2017

    Monday Motivation: Why do we write? Let me count the ways

    Why do throngs of people around the world feel the urge to record their thoughts and feelings and observations, but, more than that, to shape them into narratives that engage […]

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     Monday Motivation: Turn the act of writing into a ceremony
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    By Richard Beynon
    In All About Writing, Monday Motivation
    Posted September 4, 2017

    Monday Motivation: Turn the act of writing into a ceremony

    So, just occasionally, when writing has become a burden – or perhaps, at that moment when you anticipate that it will become a burden –  here’s an idea… It was […]

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     The Eleventh Month authors Q&A: Jane D’Abbs
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    By All About Writing
    In Author Q&A
    Posted July 23, 2017

    The Eleventh Month authors Q&A: Jane D’Abbs

    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 […]

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Spend a weekend learning to write memoir with flair. Stay on, or join us afterward, for a week’s retreat in which you can write, think, breathe … and gain the best advice on your writing, fiction or non-fiction. 

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    Congratulations to the winners of our latest flash Congratulations to the winners of our latest flash fiction challenge: Tariq Fensham, andrea-doig, @1derinthewild, @bischof.kirsten! Read the winning entries here: https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2022/06/10/april-may-winners/ #flashfiction #writingcompetition #writingchallenge #allaboutwriting #writingcourses #winner #writingcontest
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    We're live streaming our next creative writing web We're live streaming our next creative writing webinar with @TonyParkAuthor from @528VictoriaFalls. @panmacmillansa authors Tony and Jo-Anne will be talking about the sense of place in their books and as usual you are welcome to ask questions on your writing craft. Book to join the Vic Falls event though reservations@528victoriafalls.com or sign up for the live stream here: bit.ly/tony_park
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    Escape to the luxurious @karoo_art to focus on you Escape to the luxurious @karoo_art to focus on your creativity and writing under the baton of two acclaimed South African writers, @JoanneHichens (Death and the Afterparties @KaravanPress) and Jo-Anne Richards (The Innocence of Roast Chicken @PanMacmillanSA). 

Spend a weekend learning to write memoir with flair. Stay on, or join us afterward, for a week’s retreat in which you can write, think, breathe … and gain the best advice on your writing, fiction or non-fiction. 

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    Huge congratulations @LisaAnneJulien1 We’re thrilled for you.

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    SCREAM!!!! I’ve made the long-list for the 2022 SA Sunday Times Literary Awards!! 💃🏽. So grateful, humbled and excited. To know that my story has found resonance at this level is deeply rewarding.

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    • Winners of the April/May Writing Challenge
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      June 10, 2022
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