Article written by Rory Hawkins Why are we so reluctant to read our work out loud? It’s something we’re taught to do from the beginning...

Written by Ashleigh Lowry Characters can make or break a novel. When you are writing, you want to make believable and relatable...

Article written by Rory Hawkins. ‘A house is not a home.’ Think on that. A physical place doesn’t necessarily mean one thing, and it...

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry. I am a geek – particularly about board games – and with both Brisbane Comic Con and Go Play Brisbane X...

Article written by Rory Hawkins. This year, I volunteered for the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) for the first time. Organised and...

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry. The world of heroes is vast and wide, but how do they get there? Could it be that all heroes have the...

Article written by Rory Hawkins. When I start reading something new, I make a game of trying to figure out what the ending could be. Any...

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry. Imposter syndrome is something that writers don’t hear about often, but are constantly battling. In...

Article written by Rory Hawkins. Pseudonym – taken from the Greek phrase for ‘Tumblr Fanfic OC’ – is a fictitious name, in this case used...

Article written by Rory Hawkins (literature) and Samuel Burnett (film). Released at Comic-Con 2016, anticipation for Warner Bros....

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry and Rory Hawkins. Unless you’re a steady reader of Young Adult fiction, odds are the genre looks and is...

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry. Welcome to the first edition of Paint the Town’s new monthly series A Short History Of. Once a month...

Article written by Rory Hawkins. Listening to or reading anything about how to write a good short story and you’re bound to be going over...

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry. I am going to be honest with you, I don’t believe in getting out of bed before 10am on a Saturday, but...

Article written by Rory Hawkins. As annoying the human race can be at times, we have a monopoly on being creative. Sure, the natural...

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry. Writers are known for long and late hours, pushing ourselves until we finish the goals we have set....

Article written by Rory Hawkins. Look up “plotting novel” in your search bar – you’ll immediately find over a dozen hits on what you need...

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry. No novel was written without an idea to start it all. Everything from an experience we’ve had as a...

Article written by Rory Hawkins. False starts are painfully annoying. They reduce what you’ve done to lost hours and wasted effort, when...

Article written by Ashleigh Lowry. In this era of literature, almost every author can claim they received their inspiration from another...