The Best Writing Tip: All Your Words Aren’t Brilliant
BY REV DR JILL RICHARDSON I got my first World Religions paper returned with an ‘A’ slashed across the top. This should have elicited joy in a student at a high-level university, but I gave it side-eye. The content had baffled me, so how could I have written a paper proving I’d understood what I […]
The Best Writing Tip: Don’t Write What You Know
BY KIRSTY MACDOUGALL ‘Write what you know, Kirsty.’ This advice stayed with me for well over a decade. At 17, I wrote an essay about an alcoholic. As you can imagine, my English teacher was less than impressed. In her defence, she was probably right in that context. But is it great advice in every […]
The Best Writing Tip: Write Like No One Is Looking
BY WENDY SPENCER My phone beeped as I was buying milk in Sainsbury’s. Mom’s icon flashed on my screen and I smiled. We had said goodbye only a couple of days ago on her front step in Cape Town, and she wished me the best holiday and celebration of Robert’s graduation. I opened the message […]