Another Writers Write Course in Durban and Romancing the Dollar

We will be hosting another Writers Write course in Durban, as a one week course, from 29nd September – 3rd October from 09:00 – 13:00 daily.
I, Amanda, will be training this course for this session only.
Please note that we only have a limited number of available spaces on this course. If you would like to [...]

37 Published Authors for The Write Co

Amanda Patterson, founder and CEO of The Write Co, created Writers Write, one of the most successful creative writing courses in South Africa, almost five years ago. Lizet Engelbrecht is the 37th student of the course to be published.
Lizet Engelbrecht recently received the good news that her Afrikaans romance novel, entitled Sewe dae, has been [...]

Another Writers Write Graduate is Published

Dear Amanda
I am happy to tell you I received my first ever publishing contract today and your course was what started it all. Although this is a non-fiction book I used everything I learned at writers write.
Thank you so much for your generous and comprehensive sharing of your knowledge.
Warm regards
Annette Kinnear
Congratulations to Annette Kinnear, on [...]

The 5 Most Common Problems First Time Writers Share

by Amanda Patterson
I have run my creative writing course, Writers Write for four years.
I have learned so much from teaching novelists to dream their books into life.
I have watched people struggle as they decide whether or not they need to attend a writing course.
After many rejections and lots of reflection, they join.
Writing teachers and mentors, [...]

Writers Write Now a Correspondence Course

I am happy to announce that The Write Co is now able to offer our flagship creative writing course, Writers Write, as a correspondence course. Over the past few years, many aspiring novelists have attended the Writers Write course, which has resulted in 35 authors getting published.
However, even those who are not yet published, who [...]

Write Co. Graduate Shines in NB Publishers’ Romance Novel Competition

Yet another Write Co. graduate has made it to the top!
Marida Fitzpatrick recently took third place in NB Publishers and Leserskring’s Die liefde is vir ewig Romance Novel Competition. Her novel Eksklusief uit Eden will be published by NB Publishers and is set to hit the shelves in September this year.
“Although the [...]

The Problem with Writing your Novel

You Are Not Alone
I have run my course, Writers Write for almost five years now. I have learned so much from teaching novelists to dream their books into life. I have watched people struggle as they decide whether or not they need to attend a writing course. After many rejections and lots of reflection, they [...]

On Writing, by Amanda Patterson

A 360 page novel begins with one sentence.
Do not wait for inspiration. It’s never on time.
You can have your book or you can have your excuses. You can’t have both.
Dream as if you’ll live forever. Write as if you’ll die today.
You have permission to write badly.
One page a day is a 365 page novel in [...]