Best Writing Advice: Aim for Rejections

coping with rejection as a writer

By Dorotea Saputo The best writing advice I’ve ever received came from my grandfather who bragged about never having read a book in his life. He was smoking his pipe, sitting on the back porch. I was staring at the sky through the weeping willow when he cleared his throat and said: ‘Aim for rejections, […]

How to Stick to Your Story

how to stick to writing your story

By Triyasha De ‘The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.’                       ~ Jane Austen ‘Maybe “okay” will be our “always”.’                       ~ John Green ‘It was […]

Remember the Reason Why You Write

Short Story Writing

By Elouwdi Smit The first piece of advice I received about writing was to have fun! Don’t be serious – just enjoy it. I will never forget the day I received feedback on my radio drama play that placed me in the top 5 in a local competition. The giddiness, pride and plain old happiness lasted […]