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Five ways to defeat writers’ block

Posted on December 15, 2019March 26, 2021 by Cristy Zinn

Here’s Cristy Zinn’s take on those seasons where you feel like you can’t write and what to do during those times.

Fighting the story teller’s expectations

Posted on October 20, 2019March 26, 2021 by Toby Bennett

“I do wonder, though, if the potential for disappointment with life doesn’t increase in proportion to one’s capacity to imagine something better.”

Hitting the right note: how music influences my writing

Posted on September 22, 2019March 26, 2021 by Xan van Rooyen

Suzanne van Rooyen talks about the role music plays in her writing process.

Writing for the American gaze

Posted on August 26, 2019March 26, 2021 by Skolion

Joanne Macgregor talks about why it makes sense for her to write for an American audience, and how she manages even though she lives a world away.

Where visual art and creative writing meet part 2

Posted on August 12, 2019September 27, 2019 by Masha du Toit

In my previous article, “Where Visual Art and Creative Writing Meet” the projects I described were equally balanced between visual art and writing. Some of the stories came out of drawings or…

How to overcome imposter syndrome as a writer

Posted on June 30, 2019March 26, 2021 by Cat Hellisen

Here’s how to ward off Imposter Syndrome – a self-destructive pattern of behaviour where you are unable to acknowledge your own accomplishments.

The rules stole my joy & how I got it back

Posted on June 24, 2019April 6, 2021 by Amy Lee Burgess

I was so busy trying to avoid all these pitfalls, the joy of writing evaporated. I questioned every word. Every sentence I wrote was awful. All the cozy fun disappeared.

Is science fiction a dangerous lie?

Posted on March 25, 2019March 26, 2021 by Masha du Toit

We already have a self-contained, self-sustaining habitat, and one that works beautifully. Our planet Earth. The idea of escaping from the mess we’re making and setting up shop elsewhere in the universe is seductive but ultimately harmful.

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