by Pamela Cook | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
This year I’m teaching a course called Write Your Book in 2011 (go to www.justwrite.net.au for details). I have a wonderful group of 11 committed fellow-writers who have decided to stop talking (or thinking) about writing a book and just write one. Preparing the...
by Pamela Cook | Feb 21, 2011 | Creativity, Writing Tips, Advice and Information
Great interview with Australian Writer Sue Woolfe on the writing process at www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2007/1935554.htm Here’s an excerpt, taken from her book on the writing process, The Mystery of the Cleaning Lady: A Writer Looks at Creativity and...
by Pamela Cook | Feb 21, 2011 | The Writing World
Some writers write only for themselves, some write for their family and friends, some write in the hope that one day they will achieve fame and fortune with a New York Times Bestseller, while others write because they simply have no option. Whichever kind of writer...
by Pamela Cook | Feb 14, 2011 | The Writing World, Writing Tips, Advice and Information
This week I’ve been reading Broken Music, Sting’s biography. It’s fascinating to see how a creative mind develops, the way early interactions with family and friends influence the direction the young artist will take. One phrase in particular struck...
by Pamela Cook | Feb 7, 2011 | Writing Tips, Advice and Information
Last week I mentioned the Margie Lawson Online Course I completed in January, Defeating Self Defeating Behaviours. One of the epiphanies I had during the course – what Margie calls Aha! moments – was to do with balance. Not in the physical plant two feet...
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