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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS FOR 2012 Cover Image Section Winner: Cindy Keong, Water Drops Short Story Section Winner: Erol Engin, Sea Monkeys Runner-Up: Eliza-Jane Henry-Jones, The River Man Shortlisted ~ … Continued
Something we hear a lot about in writing is to ‘show, don’t tell.’ Showing allows us to paint a scene so that the reader experiences it as a character (usually … Continued
So far, we’ve looked at the following aspects of character-building: the character’s name and how it defines them. the way they look and how you introduce description into your narrative. … Continued
One of the biggest driving forces a character needs is motivation. Why are they taking the course they are? If there’s an antagonist, what is their motivation? In the simplest … Continued
Did anyone out there read the article about Google this morning in the Age? What an extraordinary phenomena is Google. But the information that really resonates with me, in that … Continued
