Getting PublishedWorkshop for Young Writers Writing articles for magazines is a great place to start for novice writers. The ACT Writers Centre and lip magazine are running a workshop for aspiring young writers (aged 15 to 23) who are interested in advice about how to get articles published in magazines. The workshop presenter is Rachel…
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Learn the secrets to improve your essay writing skills. Impress your teachers and get great grades. The ACT Writers Centre is conducting more of their extremely popular essay writing workshops for High School students in Years 8-10. Participants will be taught to use a scaffold that can be adapted to a range of writing. It…
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I did something quite scary this week; my life changing decision of the year. I put a deposit on my first home and planted some roots.I’ve known it was on the cards for a while, we’d been saving, organising pre-approval for theloan and looking at so many over-priced houses that I’d almost given up in…
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I was walking around the mall yesterday when I saw a t-shirt with ‘Free Paris’sprawled across it. I sincerely hope it’s not making many sales, but I am thinking of making my own shirt: ‘Throw away the key’ and I shall commence wearing it on the 5th of June when her sentence begins.Last night watching…
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I’ve been thinking a little about this lately – in particular the nature of those who volunteer and give. What makes people choose to volunteer themselves for something? Does there needto be something in it for the individual other than the knowlegde and satisfaction that you might make a difference? What makes a person give…
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Hi All I have been commissioned to prepare a debate for the book ‘What is our sex’ to bepublished by Vignette Press later this year. I am looking for the most interesting responses to the question:‘Women who dress sexily, are`they asking for it?’Email your responses to [email protected], subject heading ‘debate’! Rachel
For National Youth Week, the ACT Writers Centre and lip magazine are running a workshop for aspiring young writers (aged 15 to 21) who are interested in advice about how to get articles published in magazines. The workshop will cover: o gaining the confidence to call yourself a writero the craft of writingo what to…
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I was watching Sunrise this morning and there was a segment on the relatively new TV show ‘Ugly Betty’ which had sparked the question ‘is ugly the new beautiful?’This ‘Betty’ character – who is supposedly ugly, with her glasses, mouth full of braces and who is a bit of a klutz – is apparently sending…
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So it’s that time of year again. I’ve always loved Christmas and New Year, mainly because I come from a massive family and it’s an excuse to get together with good company, eat too much food and give away pressies you’ve spend hours trying to find. When I was little, Christmas came around once a…
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So I was engaging in a little light reading of the Sunday Telegraph yesterday…annoyed right from the front page: teenage plastic surgery banned.‘Under sweeping changes aimed at the cosmetic industry teens will be banned from having collagen and botox injections…’ The NSW government is also looking at bringing in changes to legislation so that people…
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