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The vomit first draft – with all its colourful content

You don’t need to know where you’re going, to start. And all good writing starts with less than good first attempts. That’s the way of writing. You just need to start somewhere. And by getting something – almost anything – down on paper (or pixel) the hardest...

Reader Challenge: A six-word writing world view. What’s yours read like?

Storywork

A world view is a conceptual framework that helps tie everything together; it allows you to understand the world and your place in it. Creating a writing world view can help you make decisions that may shape your writing future. It could even help you slay your foes....

Who is the hero in your [writing] tale?

Messaging/Copywriting, Storywork

Force isn’t related to size; it’s what’s inside you that divines your destiny. Will you risk or sacrifice everything to accomplish feats of honour, courage or nobility? That’s a hero. We all love heroes. We all need heroes. They inspire us, support us and...

Are you maker, a user or a destroyer?

Creativity, Storywork

I come from a long line of makers. My Nana knitted like an angel. My Mum is a brilliant crafter – creating magical dolls, clothes and quilts, knitting and sewing her way through her life; a journey that to this day has yet to stop. My Dad was also...

Why YOU need a story: for your personal branding

Storywork

Once upon a time, story was banished from business. Then one day, a lone voice in the darkness – by this time now void of story and full of pitches instead – cried out “But people believe stories, not facts.” With this, a brilliant flash of light burst...

We are all storytellers: The internet story circle

Storywork

A storyteller is more than a teller of tales. Storytellers are entertainers, teachers and healers with a long spiritual tradition. Before there was the written word, the storytellers were the keepers of the history of the people. In the event of a...

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