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Creative Writing
Veselina Yaneva talks to Nataliya Deleva – a Bulgarian-born writer living in London – about her experience and insight as
Learning how to use styles in your Word documents gives you the power to design the look of your document
Best-selling crime author, Michael Robotham, continues to make his mark in the fictional world of murder, mystery and twists.
How do you write a script for a video game? And how does writing for games differ from conventional story-telling?
Travis Inglis is a poet and a writer. Published in the art magazine Artascent and the literary journal Toasted Cheese,
By Hannah Green How do you create that nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat page-turner? How do best-selling authors create tension in their writing?
Rejection. Dejection. Introspection. Funny how these words all go together. GINNY SWART explores the reasons why writers might have their
E-books are fast becoming a legitimate way of publishing your manuscript. There are many advantages to e-books: for one, they
The plot twist is the writer’s equivalent of magic: a sleight of hand, a puff of smoke and kazam! You
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BY CATHY MARTENS Ah, my elusive writing chops; where do they come from and where do they keep going?
BY HEINRICH VAN DER WALT “You know, you should write this stuff down,” Anton said. We were sitting on
By Eileen Kennedy Scientists say there’s a specific region of the brain dedicated to writing. Somewhere between the prefrontal
BY BEATRICE ELLIS As the writer on the radio was being interviewed, I heard her say, “Think of something
My writing journey leaped ahead when a truck smashed into my car at a traffic light, crumpling the back
MY daughter has wrapped a scarf around her head as if to hold her brains together. She is writing
I’m in the middle of writing a novel and I’m having a bit of a wobbly at the moment.
BY DO HYUN KANG It all began the day I turned 100 days old. I don’t remember anything about the
BY HELEN TOMPSON The thought that one day I could be a writer has bubbled inside me for
Writing is not something I do; it is something I can’t do without. My journey as a writer began
Q & A WITH AWARD-WINNING WRITERS
Karen Jeynes is a well-known, award-winning playwright whose work includes “Laying Blame”, “sky too big”, “Don’t Mention Sex”, “Kiss
New Zealand Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala-Marsh Selina Tusitala-Marsh has published three critically acclaimed collections of poetry. She was the
Successful journalist Sarah Lang may have started her working life sleeping in her mother’s garage, but she has quickly climbed
Sonny Whitelaw has enjoyed a successful career as a writer for more than thirty years. Her work as a photojournalist
When Lotta received her ‘Local Hero’ award in 2014, she celebrated it with lime and soda rather than bubbly. Lotta
For someone with a curious streak and a passion for Japanese design, Fiona Wilson may have one of the
TRUDY DELAMARE asks veteran copy-editor Di Smith if machines can correct errors better than humans in this frank Q &
Paul Cleave – international bestselling New Zealand author – talks about his writing career and offers tips for new writers
He’s the son of New Zealand’s inaugural Poet Laureate and describes himself as a freelance writer and editor.
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Anyone can share their travel stories on the Web. However, it is the quality of your writing, editing and photos
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The plot twist is the writer’s equivalent of magic: a sleight of hand, a puff of smoke and kazam! You
After over a decade of judging thousands of short stories in our national writing competitions, our Writers’ College
In most stories, people talk to each other. Many readers enjoy the “talking bits” the most, and will happily