The Best Writing Tip I’ve Ever Received: Get Your Hands Bloody
BY MESHNA BHATTARAI The best writing tip I ever received was to get my hands bloody. ‘Wrestle with words, scream at them, claw at them,’ my newest literature teacher told us. I stared at her, half in awe, half wary. First week, first day at a new school, and Ms Sorie was the only teacher […]
Best Writing Tip: This Is Material
By Ross Ian Fleming 1994 It’s 11.30 a.m.. Early April 1994. Probably a Monday. Our country is on the cusp of a ground-shaking change. But I have other fish to fry. I am standing on top of the tallest block of flats in Pinelands. The 14th storey. I have a bird’s eye view of Cape […]
Best Writing Tip: Trust Yourself
BY EVA BELL Writing was always my first love. One thing I wanted above all else was to be a writer. But my father had other plans for me. ‘You must have a proper profession,’ he said. ‘Writers are always paupers. I don’t expect my daughter to pass around the hat for her sustenance.’ And […]