Allaboutwriting
Business Online in Johannesburg

Courses for People Passionate about WritingAllaboutwriting is a partnership between Richard Beynon and Jo-Anne Richards.
communicate that passion – plus the skills that make it all much more.
passionate about good writing, and have devised our courses to help.
who have both made their livings from writing for many years. Available CoursesCreative Writing Course – A ten module course held either online or face-to-face in Johannesburg. We’re.
than an academic exercise – to others with a similar calling. Business WritingJunior Writers' Course.

Enjoy a bit of literary fun with All About Writing and Slow Life when we present our Creative Saturdays at Casa Labia in Muizenberg. Take your writing to the next level with practical advice which is honest, but always kind. Industry professionals will guide you every step of the way, using their many years of experience. Working with Jo-Anne and Richard has been an inspiration. Critical input, insight, humour and encouragement are all part of the magic. My first novel won an important competition in Italy in 2015 and was published this year. It is amazing to me how Jo-Anne and Richard both manage to constructively, honestly and in the most positive way comment on the assignments. But you can send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap. It’s a journey of nine miles, and descends through twelve locks. If you’re serious about screenwriting, then this is the course you need. Devising a movie treatment is difficult, and the producer you present it to unforgiving. Write a scene which includes reference both to a tenth anniversary and to Venice. You could choose to set it in Venice, or mention it in conversation. Accolades where they’re due We’d like to congratulate the winners of the August competition, which challenged you to write a scene set on or around water. They include creative writing courses, intensive online writing workouts and a mentoring programme as well as workshops and writing retreats including our annual retreat in Venice, Italy. Jo-Anne Richards is an internationally published novelist with a PhD in Creative Writing from Wits University. Her first novel, The Innocence of Roast Chicken, was originally published by Headline Review in the UK, and has recently been rereleased as one of the prestigious Picador Africa Classics collection. Our flagship Creative Writing Course is available face-to-face in Johannesburg and Cape Town or as an online programme. The Mentoring Programme is available to past participants of our (or any other substantial and reputable) Creative Writing. We have found through experience that when we give individual reports we cover much of what we teach. We feel strongly that many mistakes can be avoided by doing a properly structured writing course whether it is one of ours or someone else’s. Even if you have finished your first draft the process of doing a course will both prepare you very well for the vital editing phase. If we think a manuscript is publishable we will make the introduction to the appropriate publishing house. We also offer an online series of short courses in journalism.