Novel Writing Course Success – Mark Scheepers
Mark Scheepers received the Mavis Bleazard Bursary (sponsored by her daughter Hazel Carlstein) and completed the Write a Novel Course at The Writers’ College earlier this year. We are delighted to hear...
View ArticleAn interview with Andy Evans
Andy Evans decided to get more serious about his writing this year, and enrolled in two NZ Writers’ College courses, namely, The Basics of Creative Writing and Literary Short and Flash Fiction. Read...
View ArticleMagazine Journalism Success: Angelique Noll
Angelique Noll completed the Basics of Creative Writing Course as well as the Magazine Journalism Course in 2011 at The Writers’ College. Here’s what she has been up to since then…. 1. What writing...
View ArticleShort Story Writing Course Success: Chenél Pieterse-Boyle
Chenél Pieterse-Boyle completed the Short Story Writing Course at SA Writers’ College. Her writing successes since then have been nothing short of inspirational. 1. What writing successes have you...
View ArticleTravel Writing Course Success: Ann Huston
Ann Huston completed the Travel Writing Course at NZ Writers’ College in August 2012. Since then, she had her travel piece on Woodville published in the Manawatu Standard. Her article ‘You can lead a...
View ArticleMagazine Journalism Student Success Story: Janet Hart
Janet Hart from Nelson, New Zealand completed the Magazine Journalism Course at NZ Writers’ College in 2012. After 28 years of school teaching, we find out how catching the writing bug has changed her...
View ArticleGraduate Success Story: Short Story Writing
Trish Nichsolson completed the Short Story Writing Course at NZ Writers College in 2010. We tracked her progress in the literary world. An Interview with Trish Nicholson What writing successes...
View ArticleAnd now we wait…. An author’s first experience of getting published
– BY HILARY MURRAY For those not familiar with my journey, I recently had my debut novel published (recently, as in ten days ago!). The build-up to the big day was a major learning curve for someone...
View ArticleHow I started writing, and finally self-published my book
by Louis Wiid The beginning of a new journey Sitting through hours of traffic jams every day on my way to and from work, snailing through the streets of Sandton, I found myself stuck in a rut....
View Article‘n Onderhoud met oud-student, Gina van Staden
V: Hoekom het jy besluit om ʼn skrywer te word? A: Want ek het baie om te sê! My skryfwerk word grootliks beïnvloed deur verhoudings- en geloofskwessies, want dit is waar my passie lê. V: Watter...
View ArticleGlenn McGoldrick – published short story writer
Glenn McGoldrick completed the Short Story Writing For Magazines Course at UK Writers College in 2016. Since then he has enjoyed a spate of literary successes with several stories published, and...
View ArticleMagazine Journalism Course Success: Ansie van der Walt
Ansie van der Walt completed the Magazine Journalism Course at SA Writers College. Apart from working at her new job as assistant editor at an Australian publishing house, Ansie writes for her blog,...
View ArticleIan Middleton’s Magazine Journalism Success Story
Ian Middleton completed the Magazine Journalism Course at NZ Writers College with distinction in 2018. While he waits to hear whether his article he wrote on the course will be accepted for...
View ArticleCatching up with Copy-editor, Lesley Wyldbore
Copy-editing is a vital yet often overlooked part of the writing process. Effective copy-editing adds polish to writing, ensuring clarity and removing errors that a writer might miss. We caught up...
View ArticleJournalist Rochelle Sewell on Starting Out as a Writer
Rochelle Sewell is a freelance journalist, blogger, and storyteller. She completed the Basics of Feature Writing course in 2015, followed by Advanced Magazine Journalism in 2016. Since then she’s been...
View ArticleWriters College Success Story: Award-winning Novelist Martin Steyn
The dark side of human nature holds a certain allure for the acclaimed crime fiction author, Martin Steyn. He completed the Skryf ’n Roman (Write a Novel) course with the SA Writers College in 2010....
View ArticleThe Writers College Student Success Stories
Here are dozens of Writers College success stories from our writing students from around the world. You can also read interviews with our past-students here. PS. If your story, manuscript or article...
View ArticleGareth Ward – Accomplished Young Adult Novelist
NZ Writers College is proud to showcase one of its Novel Course graduates, Gareth Ward. Gareth’s debut novel, The Traitor and the Thief, has been described by readers as a “Cracker!” and “A story for...
View ArticleTravel writer Rosanne Turner about her writing life on a Thai island
Rosanne Turner completed the Travel Writing Course at the Writers College in 2008. Dozens of published travel articles later, she finds herself an expert on Koh Samui, her island home in the Gulf of...
View ArticleCreative writing tips from award-winning writer, Megan Frith
Megan Frith studied short story writing at NZ Writers College, before embarking on the Write a Novel Course. Her short story ‘Scars‘ came first in the 2014 Page & Blackmore Short Story Competition....
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