Exploitation at Work: If It Feels Wrong, It Probably Is
Kate Reynolds on exploitation and neglected pay in the creative workplace. Click. My phone, awkwardly angled by a rock on the ground, captured my triumphant…
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We Need to Talk About Grammarly
Joel Burrows on the dangers of Grammarly and better ways to edit. Grammarly is the editing program that’s everywhere. It’s plastered over Youtube, has 7…
Want to Write More? How I Write 150% More Than Stephen King
Stacey Farley on creating goals to write more each day and achieving dream word counts. I’m a full-time writer who pens, you guessed it, 150%…
How Spotify Playlists Saved My Novel
Writer Laura Elizabeth Woollett on how the perfect book playlist can save your novel. Every writer has a unique relationship with music. While some of…
TFW Your Debut is Published
It’s meant to be a magical time – you’ve been working your guts out as a writer for the past decade, focussing on the goal…
DWF/Swinburne Microfiction Challenge
DWF/SWINBURNE MICROFICTION CHALLENGE From Hemingway’s infamous six-word story, to Lydia Davis’ very short stories and Teju Cole’s small fates, microfiction is both an exercise in precision…
How To Support Your Writer Friend (Or So Your Friend Has Decided to Ruin Their Life)
Emma Michelle on staying in your writer friend’s good books when writing support is hard to come by. Last year I self-published a book. I’d…
5 Unforgettable Writing Lessons from Claire Keegan’s Fiction Clinic
Jack Cameron Stanton on quick writing lessons after attending Claire Keegan’s fiction clinic. It’s banal to deny it: at every writing workshop there’s that tense…
Writing NSW/Text Publishing Boundless Indigenous Mentorship Program
The mentorship is awarded to an unpublished Indigenous writer who has made substantial progress on a fiction or non-fiction writing project. The intention of the…
In Conversation with Sarah Epstein
Maggie Jankuloska talks to YA writer Sarah Epstein about finding time to write and her debut. “Writing definitely got shoved to the bottom of the…