Sharyn Swanepoel

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Get WRITING

After years of writing short stories (and that includes my time working as a journalist), I have spent several months working on a longer story. A full-length novel. To help me get through it I first completed the Novel Writing Essentials course, then the six-month Write Your Novel course, both through the Australian Writers’ Centre

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We wrapped up the Write You Novel course this week, and I am still far from finished. But what I have now is a great foundation to work on. 

What I’ve learned will also help me going forward with the next project I work on. Writing is like anything. The more you practice, the better you get, but you can always learn more from others. 

If you are interested in writing something yourself one day, check out local libraries or your local writing centres, writing groups and other writing organisations such as Romance Writers of Australia, to see if they have courses on offer. It’s also a great way to meet your tribe.

I am a former journalist and have always been a reader. I had always said I would love to write my own book one day, but is only in the last few years I have started to think it could be a reality. For years I have attended various writers workshops, and interview many fabulous authors, but it was only after one of my short stories was selected to be in an anthology that I had the courage to push further on my writing dream. I've since had over a dozen short stories published, and getting closer to my goal of having my own book.

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