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Creative Writing
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Ginny Swart was one of the first writers to join us when we started our writing college in 2005. She designed the
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New Zealand Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala-Marsh Selina Tusitala-Marsh has published three critically acclaimed collections of poetry. She was the
You sit down to write, and the words just can’t come out. When they do they seem flat and
The following unedited snippets of creative writing come from students’ assignments on our Short Story Writing Courses, Novel Courses, Scriptwriting and
by Louis Wiid The beginning of a new journey Sitting through hours of traffic jams every day on
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“I’ll do it if you do it.” “OK. Let’s do it together.” And so I started writing. It had been
My favourite singer once told an interviewer that he started singing at the age of four. He said that by
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
BY SANDY KLINE When I was a beginner writer, so many books and teachers urged me to “find my voice”
Congratulations to Helen Yuretich, the winner of our November 2011 My Writing Journey Competition. Helen’s inspiring story is called ‘Just for fun’.
BY DAVID WHITAKER My first book was self-published. I wrote every word and illustrated it myself. I also cut
By Shenaaz Msusa “The next word is DITCH; I repeat ditch,” announced the teacher loudly and clearly
BY MIKE CASTO Joe Lansdale, the award-winning author of 45 novels, sat on the stage and told us, “Write as
BY GLENN McGOLDRICK My writing journey? Ha-ha. Sounds pretentious. Where to start? I liked writing as a kid.
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New Zealand Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala-Marsh Selina Tusitala-Marsh has published three critically acclaimed collections of poetry. She was the
Susan Williams has been the managing director of Prose & Comms – a communications company – for over a decade.
Fiona Ingram is a multi-award-winning author of adult and children’s fiction. She has won, or been a finalist in, over
For someone with a curious streak and a passion for Japanese design, Fiona Wilson may have one of the
When Lotta received her ‘Local Hero’ award in 2014, she celebrated it with lime and soda rather than bubbly. Lotta
Helen Brain is the author of 30 books for children, an adult memoir and many short stories. In 1998
Alex Smith’s most recent novel ‘Devilskein & Dearlove’ is a YA Fantasy, described by the ‘Sunday Times’ as “a magical
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
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