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FAWWA: Fellowship of Australian Writers WA

Today I was lucky enough to be granted an interview from the humble, hardworking admin officer at FAWWA (Fellowship of Australian Writers...

CWC: Curtin Writers Club

The Curtin Writers Club was founded back in February, 2017, by a group of diverse and determined students set to finally give Curtin that...

Ten Things I Learned From My Writing Degree That Worked

My first year of university was filled with all sorts of disasters, ranging from too much pride over my own very self-made-up vocabulary,...

How To Create A Publication Plan

Much like a football game, you need a strategy to win with publishing. Without a plan, you lack focus, and you create loose threads that...

Some Thoughts on Coffee

Have you ever ordered a coffee so good that the millisecond your hand grips pen and hits paper, whatever you write is brilliant? The...

Creating Relevant & Relatable Anecdotes: Choosing Your Anecdote and Making it Work

Think of how bland personal essays and feature stories would be without anecdotes. Just facts, more facts and stats. Getting readers...

The Stomach Cramp in the Writing Pantry

There is nothing quite as equally distasteful as it is loved like the semicolon. Traditionally, it's used to separate items on a list, to...

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