The Best Writing Tip: Write Like No One Is Looking
BY WENDY SPENCER My phone beeped as I was buying milk in Sainsbury’s. Mom’s icon flashed on my screen and I smiled. We had said goodbye only a couple of days ago on her front step in Cape Town, and she wished me the best holiday and celebration of Robert’s graduation. I opened the message […]
The Best Writing Tip I’ve Ever Received: Write to Rewrite Someone’s Life
BY LYN CUBILLAS Time checked: six o’clock in the morning. I was gearing up for my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. I looked towards the corner of our house, near the aquarium, where my youngest brother usually slept. He was lying on his mat with headphones on, and he seemed happy. I woke him […]
The Best Writing Tip I’ve Ever Received: Get Your Hands Bloody
BY MESHNA BHATTARAI The best writing tip I ever received was to get my hands bloody. ‘Wrestle with words, scream at them, claw at them,’ my newest literature teacher told us. I stared at her, half in awe, half wary. First week, first day at a new school, and Ms Sorie was the only teacher […]