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  • When Adults Write Childhood

    When Adults Write Childhood

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    Coin Macy
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    Increasingly, authors, and aprents alike, describe children’s books as the stories they “wished they had as children.” But when adults write childhood from memory, the centre of the story can quietly shift from the child reader to the adult remembering.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Writing

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    Try
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    From manufacturing to healthcare, artificial intelligence has revolutionised many industries. Its impact on writing as a profession has been debated. Some say AI threatens the writing industry, and others say it can improve it. There is no doubt that there are potential threats and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence in writing as a profession. With…

  • Setting Achievable Writing Goals

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    The Coinage Team
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    The process of writing a book can be frustrating, to say the least. There’s the initial stage when you just write and tell everyone you know you’re working on a book, “the next great South African novel” by setting attainable and realistic writing goals, writers can stay motivated to outline, draft, edit, and revise their…

  • How many drafts for my fiction writing?

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    Ava Debe
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    We came up with a foolproof three draft step to writing fiction; he whole process takes time, but you will notice the results in the quality of your manuscript if you put in the effort.

  • An Ode to Johannesburg

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    MKShuping
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    Johannesburg, Jo-hustlers-burg, Jo-hazardous-burg, Damn, I love this city. (2007)

  • On Booze and Being a Writer

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    Sofia Viruly
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    Lord Bryon said that “Man being reasonable must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication”. The regulars at clubs as well as authors seem to concur, so maybe I lost some memo along the way. Literature is peppered with heavy drinkers. From the Fitzgeralds to the quieter, lonelier drinkers like Charles Bukowski, there…

  • A LETTER TO F

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    Coin Macy
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    Dear F You once told me “the best way to beat death is to die…” That way, you added, there’s really nothing that it can do. It was one of those sunny Sundays, remember? When we could never think of anything to do because of the stifling heat and the only thing that could quench…