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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
I can distinctly recall a day in my Grade 1 class where all the students sat on the carpet in our humble little classroom and were treated to a screening … 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
When you plot out your story – whether it’s outlining it in great detail in a notebook, or just trying to germinate seeds of ideas in your head – you’ll … Continued
Well it’s time for us to go off to a writers’ camp again. Not so far to travel this time, in fact not even out of Melbourne. Today we’ve been … Continued
Humans, by nature, are curious. And because of this we are natural storytellers. It’s our way of making sense of the world and connecting with other humans. There’s no escaping … Continued
