Should I edit as I go? I’m not sure what the percentages are but I can assure you it would be different for everyone. Should or shouldn’t you edit as you go? Personally, I do a little of both. My main approach is to get the story down on paper. However, each day I do […]
Let’s reflect: On health and Indigenous Australian Peoples. #healthcareindustry
June 18, 2018 by
After reading, Educate yourself, then educate others: WAR, Invasion Day and treaty by Massimo Amerena, a powerful article indeed, I would like to add, yes educate yourself, but also engage in healthy self-reflection of your own attitudes and behaviours. Reflection can be very a powerful tool in identifying a person’s attitude, beliefs and biases. In […]
It’s a sunshiny day. The truth about being grateful. #healthchat
June 14, 2018 by
I know a lot of you have been waiting to see how things have been progressing since my DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) breast diagnosis. I allowed myself the privacy to be in the lived experience from diagnosis to final results after surgery without talking about it online. This was my self-care formula and as […]
Experience inspires enrichment. Enrichment produces the human element #writingrealcharacters
May 24, 2018 by
I’ve always been a person who believes in experiencing life. I’ve done this for as long as I can remember. If I could only tell you all of the experiences I’ve had, some better than others, I would. But the stories would take years to tell. Each one was experienced in real moments of my […]
When Cancer Comes Knocking Writers Write. #DepthofMeaning
May 12, 2018 by
I wasn’t sure how to begin this. With most stories, we writers often agonise over our first sentence. The events that lead… When I first heard… My heart was heavy… Well, here we go. Yesterday the word cancer was not rooted in my world quite as deeply as it is today. Because yesterday I didn’t […]
A Screenwriting kind of way. #writers #festivals #competitions
May 4, 2018 by
Some of you might know I received a commendation for Best Unproduced Screenplay at the British Independent Film Festival last month. You can find the logline under awards on the BIFF website here Yes, a fantastic achievement both as a writer and as a female writer. But this is where the work begins if the […]
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