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...y original and, rather than merely paint the details, Robert’s music smacks out the imagery of the story it tells. It’s like listening to a boxing match while standing in the ring, dodging...

2. Interview - Matthew Reilly
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...his name out there. And he did – his book was discovered by MacMillan Publishing and the rest is history. Among writers, his story is almost folklore – his has been the kind career many wr...

...cess of putting books and other printed matter into the public domain, belongs to a larger and broader history: The process of writing began in Mesopotamia, 3rd Millennium BC.  The Babylonians/As...

...cymakers.com "I love this book. Even though my books are non-fiction, I applied your basic tenets, story curve and story plan - and the mountains of information I'd been swamped with magical...

5. ARTICLE - THE VALUE OF BAD BOOKS
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...o. Guy Cranswick is a Sydney-based writer and winner or the Sminkworks Peace Inside, Peace Outside short story competition. He is also the author of the novel, My Wife, My Job, My Shoes. ...

6. INTERVIEW - TONY PARK
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...nuously. I had read books on how to write novels and didn't find any useful at all. So I made up the story I was writing as I went along. I did this deliberately, setting the story wherever we wer...

...book publishing are slim.  With self-publishing on the other hand, it’s an entirely different story.  You get to keep 100% of the retail price if you sell directly to the customer (thr...

...ive information for all writers, whether starting out or already accomplished. They cover such topics as story planning, making characters believable, dealing with writer’s block, surviving reje...

...tream publishing process can often discourage a writer from continuing the craft: a writer writes a good story, sends it in to a publisher, only to have it rejected. Undismayed, they try again, this t...

...me investment of money and time. Book sales don't just happen. They never have. Authors throughout history - from Geoffrey Chaucer to Jeffrey Archer have spent money publicizing themselves in the ...

11. ARTICLE What is a Poem?
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...uicide then or later. That’s what I want to say. The dream included a surreal funeral. Telling the story of that funeral service now guides the poem’s shape. I can make the story swing bet...

12. ARTICLE The Right Attitude
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... down, rest your fingertips upon the keys...you are ready to go, to traverse that unknown  realm of story a story residing somewhere in your mind. You only know the start, you hope the rest will ...

13. ARTICLE The Right Time to Write
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... and ideas for the future. The future is for each of us to make. If there’s anything at all that history has taught us it’s that ordinary people create the future. Writers are no different...

... Writing prompts are useful for improving your writing, getting inspiration for short stories or novels, story starters and giving your imagination a kick-start, and are even useful for providing life...

...e the effort in order to be a writing success! Steve Dempster writes fiction and is a published short story writer. He divides his time between his writing, internet marketing and development of hi...

...apkins. I never had a doubt on my first novel's subject matter, I just wasn't sure how it's story would unfold, so my collection of notes and dialogue became invaluable. Much of my own ex...

A tender story of a young girl who spends her Friday nights giving sustenance and her own brand of warmth to homeless people on the streets of Sydney has nabbed first place in the Writers' Re

18. OPINION When Fiction becomes Fact
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...ucting his own investigation into fiction masquerading as truth - the much maligned conspiracy theory. History tells us that Charles Baudelaire, the French poet, was first to explain that the Devil&rs...

Due to the overwhelming response to the Best New Australian Writers short story competition and the high quality of entries, the announcement of winners and commended stories has been delayed. The Wri

20. COURSE How to Write a Short Story
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HOW TO WRITE A SHORT STORY Teacher: Melita Granger Accomplished writer, editor and qualified trainer Melita Granger is offering the online course HOW TO WRITE A SHORT STORY Course length: 6 wee

...s been written about them? Has the subject been “done to death” or will you be writing their story a critical vacuum? Are they willing to have their life documented? (You can proceed witho...

22. ARTICLE Master the plan
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...riter doesn't plan.  Ask the average writer, these days, if he has a ‘plan’ for his story and the answer you’re likely to get is a curious shrug, perhaps a raised eyebrow, f...

23. ARTICLE Write like a Play
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...hardly hangs around at all. A rule of thumb is: Act I, around 20% of the total.  So, in a ten-page story this means about two pages.  Act II, around 75% of the total, which is around seve...

Smink Works Books publisher Suzanne Male reveals the two words needed to make a publishable short story. I love a short story. A great short story can take me on a ride, deposit me in delicious emoti

25. ARTICLE The David Bowie Approach
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...quo; What you are looking at is a potential David Bowie song — if there is any truth in an ancient story I attribute to him.  Let me explain. Somewhere in my distant childhood, I vaguely r...

26. NEWS Bayside Literary Festival
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.... The From Memories to Manuscript workshop is perfect for people keen to write their life story or family history, and the Creative Writing and Puppet Workshop will inspire childre...

27. NEWS Appeal for Alfredo
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... and English in 2004. BE is an allegory with positive life philosophy at its heart. The book tells the story of Knight Henrique, who following the orders of his King, sets out to ruin many lives and...

28. ARTICLE Everything in Synk
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... man says to Andrew and walks away. So it’s the two of us, sitting there. I manage to blurt out a story about how I write for a page in a newspaper, and would like to interview him. “Sure...

...re some final remarks on the topic. First of all, let me repeat what I said before: everybody has a good story to tell, and it is part of the human condition to share a little of our experience with o...

...lumns on the subject. In principle I believe that every human being on this planet has at least one good story to tell his neighbor. What follows are my reflections on some important items in the proc...

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