my year of writing 24.com writing workshop 18 april 2009
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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my year of writing24.Com Writing Workshop
18 April 2009
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my
life
as
a
fraud
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want
to
be
a
writer
?
Jonathan Ball when asked what advice he’d profer aspirant writers:
“Rather become a stock broker.”
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want
to
be
a
writer
?
2% of SAfricans read books
Local market 500k regular buyers
300 titles published annually
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my
stroke
of
genius
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1follow
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
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2why
write?
“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself....”- ALBERT CAMUS
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change worlds/change yourself:
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change worlds/change yourself:
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3the
struggle
Writing as a metaphor for life : “Every book I wrote killed me a little bit more...”- NORMAN MAILER
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the result of struggle:
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4the
truth
“The truth is a sustainable commodity... sensation is not.”- ALEC HOGG, Moneyweb
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5want
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
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5want
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
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5want
to
write
well
?
“Murder your children.”- BRYCE COURTNEY
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5want
to
write
well
?
Be original. Take risks.
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5want
to
write
well
?
Dream.
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5want
to
write
well
?
Write!
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