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my year of writing 24.Com Writing Workshop 18 April 2009

my year of writing 24.Com Writing Workshop 18 April 2009. my life as a fraud. want to be a writer ?. Jonathan Ball when asked what advice he’d profer aspirant writers: “ Rather become a stock broker.”. want to be a writer ?. 2% of SAfricans read books

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my year of writing 24.Com Writing Workshop 18 April 2009

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  1. my year of writing 24.Com Writing Workshop 18 April 2009

  2. my life as a fraud

  3. want to be a writer ? Jonathan Ball when asked what advice he’d profer aspirant writers: “Rather become a stock broker.”

  4. want to be a writer ? 2% of SAfricans read books Local market 500k regular buyers 300 titles published annually

  5. my stroke of genius

  6. 1 follow your bliss “Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.” - JOSEPH CAMPBELL

  7. 2 why write? “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself....” - ALBERT CAMUS

  8. change worlds/change yourself:

  9. change worlds/change yourself:

  10. 3 the struggle Writing as a metaphor for life : “Every book I wrote killed me a little bit more...” - NORMAN MAILER

  11. the result of struggle:

  12. 4 the truth “The truth is a sustainable commodity... sensation is not.” - ALEC HOGG, Moneyweb

  13. 5 want to write well ? • READ GOOD WRITERS: • Chris Roper • Tom Eaton (Hayibo.com) • Justice Malala • Andrew Miller • Paul McNally • Max du Preez • Deon Basson • Tony Shapshank • Barry Sargeant • Noseweek, FM, Maverick • Vanity Fair, The New Yorker • The Onion, John Stewart • AdBusters

  14. 5 want to write well ? Banish navel gazing. “When the media writes about itself, it considers itself more important than the mission it is on.” - ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK

  15. 5 want to write well ? “Murder your children.” - BRYCE COURTNEY

  16. 5 want to write well ? Be original. Take risks.

  17. 5 want to write well ? Dream.

  18. 5 want to write well ? Write!

  19. JOURNALISM: mdw.typepad.com FICTION: mdw.typepad.com/mdw TWITTER: mandyldewaal EMAIL: mandyldewaal@gmail.com

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