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“We show the world before we’re ready for their reaction, and like a negative prematurely exposed to the light, our ideas and confidence can fade away in front of our eyes.And then the writer gives up or gets blocked and doesn’t know why.The biggest mistake writers make is not knowing which stage of the writing… Continue reading Flight lessons at Muriwai
I'm not a photographer. Yet my novel In Focus, which I've been working on for the last three years, is about photography. A young, fascinating art that I'm slowly beginning to comprehend through books and essays, in exhibition halls and galleries, magazines, the internet. Still, reading about photography is my most trusted guide. The Decisive Moment… Continue reading Researching photography
Seven years ago, I enrolled in my first creative writing course — Coursera’s Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest. It ticked all the boxes: it was for beginners, online, and free. I thought I’d write for children. I thought it’d be easy. Little did I know I had entered Aladdin’s cave. For my… Continue reading Aladdin’s Cave
Rostislava Pankova-Karadjova 